India Synopsis
पद्मावत
“The Goddess Queen”
Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.
Audience Engagement
239 audience reviews — more than 97% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Padmaavat. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Bhansali Productions
Drama + History in India
52 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Padmaavat itself).
The 2017–2019 India Window
Padmaavat holds position #114 of 334 India films in the 2017–2019 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 Padmaavat premiered alongside 103 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 44m runtime, production spent $189K per minute on screen and earned $498K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 103 other India films in 2018.
The 1461st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Padmaavat, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- medieval · 5
- history of india · 4
- ancient india · 4
- fortress · 3
- 13th century · 3
- based on song · 2
- poem or rhyme · 2
- sultan · 1
- mongol · 1
- mewar · 1
- epic · 10
- obsession · 10
- delhi · 10
- honor · 10
- king · 10
- afghanistan · 8
- queen · 6
- romance · 94
- india · 84
- india · 84
- musical · 71
- husband wife relationship · 46
- period drama · 37
- battle · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #596 of 1,983 India films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #418 of 1,132 (top 37%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Bhansali Productions, Viacom18 Studios |
| Runtime | 2h 44m |
| Release Date | January 25, 2018 |
| IMDb | tt5935704 |