Naran
2005 2h 45m movie Film India

Naran

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Synopsis

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Mullankolli is a rustic remote village in northern Kerala. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area. Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician – Member Kurupu (Jagathy) and Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique), son-in-law of Valiya Nambiar who wants to rule over the village in his own way.

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The 2004–2006 India Window

Naran holds position #52 of 152 India films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Umrao Jaan
    #1

    Umrao Jaan

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  2. Black
    #2

    Black

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  3. Thanmathra
    #3

    Thanmathra

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  4. Pudhupettai
    #4

    Pudhupettai

    ★ 7.7 · 2006
  5. The Fall
    #5

    The Fall

    ★ 7.6 · 2006
  6. Kaazhcha
    #6

    Kaazhcha

    ★ 7.6 · 2004
  7. Anniyan
    #7

    Anniyan

    ★ 7.5 · 2005
  8. Classmates
    #8

    Classmates

    ★ 7.5 · 2006

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Naran premiered alongside 57 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$680K
Budget
$1.8M
Revenue
$1.1M
Net Profit
2.6×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 45m runtime, production spent $4K per minute on screen and earned $11K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 57 other India films in 2005.

The 509th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

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

Audience Engagement

20
Reviews
49th
Review-volume percentile
65th
Popularity percentile

20 audience reviews — more than 49% of India films in our index.

Popularity (65th percentile) outruns review volume (49th) — a trending, discussed title among India films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
20
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #822 of 1,983 India films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #550 of 1,132 (top 49%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageMalayalam
Production CompaniesAashirvad Cinemas
Runtime2h 45m
Release DateSeptember 5, 2005
IMDbtt0463622