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.
The 2015–2017 India Window
314 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Sairat sits at position #25.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Sairat premiered. 919 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 50m runtime, production spent $4K per minute on screen and earned $97K per minute back.
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%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Marathi |
| Production Companies | Aatpat Production |
| Runtime | 2h 50m |
| Release Date | April 29, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5312232 |