India Sairat returned 27.5× its production cost, earning $16.5M against a $600K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
सैराट
Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #132 of 1,983 India films indexed here (93rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #100 of 1,132 (top 9%).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 50m runtime, production spent $4K per minute on screen and earned $97K per minute back.
The 2015–2017 India Window
Among 314 India films we catalog from this window, Sairat places #25 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sairat premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.
The 1262nd 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 (40th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Sairat, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- romantic · 3
- baffled · 3
- hilarious · 2
- compassionate · 2
- straightforward · 2
- blunt · 1
- candid · 1
- playful · 1
- intimate · 1
- sentimental · 1
- awestruck · 1
- complicated · 1
- defiant · 1
- melancholy · 7
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Marathi |
| Production Companies | Aatpat Production |
| Runtime | 2h 50m |
| Release Date | April 29, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5312232 |