India Shahid returned 6.3× its production cost, earning $6.1M against a $970K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
शाहिद
“Based On The Life Of One Of The Most Controversial Figures Of Our Time.”
A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 9m runtime, production spent $8K per minute on screen and earned $47K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Shahid. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Drama + Crime in India
137 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Shahid itself).
Other Titles From Anurag Kashyap Films
The 2012–2014 India Window
Among 262 India films we catalog from this window, Shahid places #24 — 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 Shahid premiered alongside 100 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 100 other India films in 2013.
The 1028th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
55 audience reviews — more than 82% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 78th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Shahid, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- justice · 5
- prejudice · 3
- activist · 3
- human rights · 2
- real story · 1
- courtroom · 11
- muslim · 9
- based on true story · 98
- husband wife relationship · 46
- lawyer · 31
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #243 of 1,983 India films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #182 of 1,132 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Anurag Kashyap Films, Bohra Bros Productions, Paramhans Creations |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | October 18, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2181831 |