India Varane Avashyamund returned 7.0× its production cost, earning $4.1M against a $588K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
വരനെ ആവശ്യമുണ്ട്
A divorced woman trying to get hired as a French tutor and teaching classical dance, and she has a daughter. Her brother Manuel also resides in a flat in Chennai. Their next door neighbours are Unnikrishnan, a retired Major who has a pet dog, Prabhakaran and Bibeesh who lives with a serial-actress aunt (not related by blood) and his young school going brother. The story revolves around the divorced mother and daughter finding happiness of love in their own ways. The film explores commonality of romantic love in different stages of life.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 25m runtime, production spent $4K per minute on screen and earned $29K per minute back.
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Comedy + Family in India
89 India titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Family genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Varane Avashyamund itself).
The 2019–2021 India Window
Varane Avashyamund holds position #136 of 277 India films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in India, 322 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Varane Avashyamund premiered alongside 84 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 84 other India films in 2020.
The 1675th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
29 audience reviews — more than 65% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 61th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #890 of 1,983 India films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #248 of 648 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Wayfarer Films, M Star Entertainments, Playhouse Release |
| Runtime | 2h 25m |
| Release Date | February 7, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11531530 |