India Pulimurugan returned 7.6× its production cost, earning $29.0M against a $3.8M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
പുലിമുരുഗന്
“The Wild Hunter”
Murugan, with his tools and expertise, protects Puliyoor's villagers from deadly tiger attacks. However, Daddy, an illegal drugs dealer, takes advantage of Murugan's innocence and wrongly frames him.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 41m runtime, production spent $24K per minute on screen and earned $180K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Pulimurugan. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Adventure in India
67 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Pulimurugan itself).
Other Titles From Mulakuppadam Films
The 2015–2017 India Window
Pulimurugan holds position #152 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 Pulimurugan premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.
The 1312th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
49 audience reviews — more than 80% of India films in our index.
Review volume (80th percentile) outruns trending popularity (63th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Pulimurugan, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- illegal drugs · 5
- hunter · 4
- lorry · 2
- ranger · 1
- village chief · 1
- fighter · 25
- forest · 23
- tiger · 8
- sibling relationship · 38
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #940 of 1,983 India films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among India Action productions specifically: #263 of 637 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Mulakuppadam Films |
| Runtime | 2h 41m |
| Release Date | October 7, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5297256 |