Passenger
2009 1h 58m movie Film India

Passenger

“One life. One chance.. One day...”

Synopsis

“One life. One chance.. One day…”

The film narrates how two guys, Sathyanath and Adv. Nandan Menon, who never had anything to do with one another, come into each others lives and what all things happen consequently.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Passenger. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Central Pictures

The 2008–2010 India Window

Passenger holds position #30 of 181 India films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. My Name Is Khan
    #1

    My Name Is Khan

    ★ 8.1 · 2010
  2. 3 Idiots
    #2

    3 Idiots

    ★ 8.0 · 2009
  3. Abhiyum Naanum
    #3

    Abhiyum Naanum

    ★ 7.9 · 2008
  4. Wolverine and the X-Men
    #4

    Wolverine and the X-Men

    ★ 7.6 · 2009
  5. Bhramaram
    #5

    Bhramaram

    ★ 7.6 · 2009
  6. Iron Man: Armored Adventures
    #6

    Iron Man: Armored Adventures

    ★ 7.5 · 2009
  7. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
    #7

    Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

    ★ 7.5 · 2010
  8. I Am Kalam
    #8

    I Am Kalam

    ★ 7.3 · 2010

The 2000s India Landscape

2009 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 59 titles released, including Passenger. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (454 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 58 other India films in 2009.

The 706th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

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

Audience Engagement

10
Reviews
8th
Review-volume percentile
4th
Popularity percentile

10 audience reviews — more than 8% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 4th percentile among India films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Passenger, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • social injustice · 5
  • tv reporter · 3
  • passenger · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • politician · 23
  • stranger · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • kidnapping · 72
  • train · 35
  • lawyer · 31

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #585 of 1,983 India films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.6 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Thriller productions specifically: #132 of 482 (top 27%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageMalayalam
Production CompaniesCentral Pictures
Runtime1h 58m
Release DateMay 7, 2009
IMDbtt1433543