India Narasimham returned 10.9× its production cost, earning $500K against a $46K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
നരസിംഹം
Poovalli Induchoodan (Mohanlal) is sentenced for six years prison life for murdering his classmate. Induchoodan, the only son of Justice Maranchery Karunakara Menon (Thilakan) was framed in the case by Manapally Madhavan Nambiar (Narayanan Nair) and his crony DYSP Sankaranarayanan (Bheeman Raghu) to take revenge on idealist judge Menon who had earlier given jail sentence to Manapally in a corruption case. The story begins with Induchoodan released and his father & mother coming to stay with him.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #193 of 1,983 India films indexed here (90th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #43 of 637 (top 7%).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 55m runtime, production spent $262 per minute on screen and earned $3K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Narasimham. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Aashirvad Cinemas
Action + Family in India
21 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Narasimham itself).
The 1999–2001 India Window
Among 83 India films we catalog from this window, Narasimham places #6 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s India Landscape
Narasimham premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for India cinema with only 29 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 454 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 28 other India films in 2000.
The 291st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
29 audience reviews — more than 65% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 66th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Narasimham, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- kalari · 4
- ex-con · 7
- revenge · 210
- murder · 155
- police · 105
- fight · 60
- lawyer · 31
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Aashirvad Cinemas |
| Runtime | 2h 55m |
| Release Date | January 26, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0273870 |