The Other Side of the Door
2016 1h 36m movie Film India

The Other Side of the Door

“It was never meant to be opened.”

Synopsis

“It was never meant to be opened.”

Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.

Audience Engagement

770
Reviews
98th
Review-volume percentile
93rd
Popularity percentile

770 audience reviews — more than 98% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among India films.

Thriller + Horror in India

35 India titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Other Side of the Door itself).

The 2015–2017 India Window

In the crowded 2015-2017 India release window, The Other Side of the Door sits at #254 of 314. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
    #1

    Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu

    ★ 8.3 · 2016
  2. India's Daughter
    #2

    India's Daughter

    ★ 8.1 · 2015
  3. Aandavan Kattalai
    #3

    Aandavan Kattalai

    ★ 8.1 · 2016
  4. Zakir Khan: Haq Se Single
    #4

    Zakir Khan: Haq Se Single

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  5. Kanan Gill: Keep It Real
    #5

    Kanan Gill: Keep It Real

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  6. Sanam Teri Kasam
    #6

    Sanam Teri Kasam

    ★ 8.0 · 2016
  7. Visaranai
    #7

    Visaranai

    ★ 8.0 · 2016
  8. Kaaka Muttai
    #8

    Kaaka Muttai

    ★ 8.0 · 2015

The 2010s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Other Side of the Door premiered alongside 94 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.

The 1250th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

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

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Other Side of the Door, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • ritual · 4
  • grieving parents · 2
  • grieving · 1
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • india · 84
  • death · 43

Reception Benchmarks

5.5
TMDB Rating
770
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,595 of 1,983 India films indexed here (20th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.9 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Thriller productions specifically: #384 of 482 (top 80%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
All Production CountriesUnited Kingdom, India
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesPindrop, Kriti Productions, Fugitive Studios, HireWorks, Lipsync Productions
Runtime1h 36m
Release DateFebruary 25, 2016
IMDbtt3702652