India Oppam returned 10.0× its production cost, earning $10.0M against a $1.0M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
ഒപ്പം
Jayaraman (Mohanlal) is born as a blind man but with heightened senses of smell, sound and touch. He is trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu. He works as an elevator operator in an apartment where many reputed people live. One day he happens to encounter a murder in a flat. The killer escapes and Jayaraman is charged with the murder. To prove his innocence to the law, Jayaraman must now find and kill the true murderer.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 37m runtime, production spent $6K per minute on screen and earned $64K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Oppam. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Aashirvad Cinemas
The 2015–2017 India Window
Oppam holds position #88 of 314 India films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Oppam premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.
The 1303rd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
26 audience reviews — more than 60% of India films in our index.
Review volume (60th percentile) outruns trending popularity (37th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Oppam, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- witness · 5
- jail · 14
- judge · 7
- blind man · 7
- murder · 155
- police · 105
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #548 of 1,983 India films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Thriller productions specifically: #125 of 482 (top 26%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Aashirvad Cinemas |
| Runtime | 2h 37m |
| Release Date | September 8, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5548032 |
| Official Site | aashirvadcinemas.com |