Mountains of the Moon
2013 2h 29m movie Film India

Mountains of the Moon

চাঁদের পাহাড়

Synopsis

চাঁদের পাহাড়

Chander Pahar follows Shankar Choudhury, a 20 year-old that takes a job working for the Uganda Railway, and winds up quitting his job in search of diamonds and the Kenya's Mountain of the Moon. Based on the popular Bengali adventure novel of the same name.

The 2012–2014 India Window

In the crowded 2012-2014 India release window, Mountains of the Moon sits at #188 of 262. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Mahabharat
    #1

    Mahabharat

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  2. Sathuranga Vettai
    #2

    Sathuranga Vettai

    ★ 8.3 · 2014
  3. Madras
    #3

    Madras

    ★ 8.1 · 2014
  4. Punjab 1984
    #4

    Punjab 1984

    ★ 8.1 · 2014
  5. Bhooter Bhabishyat
    #5

    Bhooter Bhabishyat

    ★ 7.9 · 2012
  6. Ulidavaru Kandanthe
    #6

    Ulidavaru Kandanthe

    ★ 7.8 · 2014
  7. The Trap
    #7

    The Trap

    ★ 7.8 · 2014
  8. Drushyam
    #8

    Drushyam

    ★ 7.8 · 2014

The 2010s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mountains of the Moon premiered alongside 100 others.

'1070'1163'1269'13101'1492'1595'1695'17124'18104'19106

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$2.3M
Budget
$3.1M
Revenue
$800K
Net Profit
1.3×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 29m runtime, production spent $15K per minute on screen and earned $21K per minute back.

Adventure + Mystery in India

5 India titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mountains of the Moon itself).

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 100 other India films in 2013.

The 1044th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Audience Engagement

16
Reviews
37th
Review-volume percentile
39th
Popularity percentile

16 audience reviews — more than 37% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 39th percentile among India films.

Reception Benchmarks

5.6
TMDB Rating
16
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,576 of 1,983 India films indexed here (21st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Adventure productions specifically: #95 of 113 (top 84%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageBengali
Spoken LanguagesBengali, English
Production CompaniesMannequin Films, SVF Entertainment
Runtime2h 29m
Release DateDecember 20, 2013
IMDbtt3300904
Official Sitesvf.in

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