India Rasathanthram returned 5.9× its production cost, earning $3.5M against a $590K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
രസതന്ത്രം
Rasathanthram tells the story of Premachandaran(Mohanlal) who is a carpenter with a few secrets and lives along with his father Balan Master(Bharath Gopi) and works along with his friend Manikandan (Innocent). They are now working in a house near the house of a rich landlord. Kanmani (Meera Jasmine), who was sold by her mother works in that house as a servant and is ill-treated.One night, Premachandran goes to his workplace to take his tools. He sees Kanmani moving out of the house and gets puzzled. He follows her. She was on the verge on committing suicide. he decides to save her from the hell and promises her a job somewhere far away.But the police are looking for her everywhere and he had to hide her somehow. That is when they chance upon the idea of disguising her as a man. Kanmani fall in love with Premachandran but he doesn’t reciprocate—she couldn’t understand why
The 2005–2007 India Window
157 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Rasathanthram sits at position #58.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Rasathanthram premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 37m runtime, production spent $4K per minute on screen and earned $22K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #910 of 1,983 India films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #599 of 1,132 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Runtime | 2h 37m |
| Release Date | April 7, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0770203 |