Rappakal
2005 2h 17m movie Film India

Rappakal

രാപ്പകൽ

Synopsis

രാപ്പകൽ

Saraswathiyamma is the head of a noble family that treats her servant Krishnan as one of her own sons. When her relatives conspire to sell her house, she and Krishnan set out to save it.

Drama + Family in India

112 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Rappakal itself).

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

The 2004–2006 India Window

Rappakal holds position #30 of 152 India films in the 2004–2006 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Umrao Jaan
    #1

    Umrao Jaan

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  2. Black
    #2

    Black

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  3. Thanmathra
    #3

    Thanmathra

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  4. Pudhupettai
    #4

    Pudhupettai

    ★ 7.7 · 2006
  5. The Fall
    #5

    The Fall

    ★ 7.6 · 2006
  6. Kaazhcha
    #6

    Kaazhcha

    ★ 7.6 · 2004
  7. Anniyan
    #7

    Anniyan

    ★ 7.5 · 2005
  8. Classmates
    #8

    Classmates

    ★ 7.5 · 2006

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Rappakal premiered alongside 57 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 57 other India films in 2005.

The 498th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

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

Audience Engagement

16
Reviews
37th
Review-volume percentile
5th
Popularity percentile

16 audience reviews — more than 37% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 5th percentile among India films.

Thematic Fingerprint

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

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • elephant · 5
  • house · 4
  • valet · 1
  • old house · 1
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • family · 74
  • parent child relationship · 46

Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
16
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #492 of 1,983 India films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #351 of 1,132 (top 31%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageMalayalam
Runtime2h 17m
Release DateJune 24, 2005
IMDbtt0460541