Vishwaroopam
2013 2h 27m movie Film India

Vishwaroopam

விஸ்வரூபம்

Synopsis

விஸ்வரூபம்

Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is in a rather happy marriage with Nirupama who is a nuclear oncologist. Nirupama is from a middle class family in Chennai, she marries Vishwanath (a dance master) to pursue her higher studies in the USA. But when Nirupama wants to break up with her husband, she engages a private detective. That's when the pandora's box opens up.

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Action + Thriller in India

229 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Vishwaroopam itself).

The 2012–2014 India Window

Vishwaroopam holds position #137 of 262 India films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Mahabharat
    #1

    Mahabharat

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  2. Sathuranga Vettai
    #2

    Sathuranga Vettai

    ★ 8.3 · 2014
  3. Madras
    #3

    Madras

    ★ 8.1 · 2014
  4. Punjab 1984
    #4

    Punjab 1984

    ★ 8.1 · 2014
  5. Bhooter Bhabishyat
    #5

    Bhooter Bhabishyat

    ★ 7.9 · 2012
  6. Ulidavaru Kandanthe
    #6

    Ulidavaru Kandanthe

    ★ 7.8 · 2014
  7. The Trap
    #7

    The Trap

    ★ 7.8 · 2014
  8. Drushyam
    #8

    Drushyam

    ★ 7.8 · 2014

The 2010s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Vishwaroopam premiered alongside 100 others.

'1070'1163'1269'13101'1492'1595'1695'17124'18104'19106

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$17.0M
Budget
$51.0M
Revenue
$34.0M
Net Profit
3.0×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 27m runtime, production spent $116K per minute on screen and earned $347K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 100 other India films in 2013.

The 955th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

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

Audience Engagement

77
Reviews
88th
Review-volume percentile
69th
Popularity percentile

77 audience reviews — more than 88% of India films in our index.

Review volume (88th percentile) outruns trending popularity (69th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Vishwaroopam, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • terrorist plot · 3
  • army intelligence · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • new york city · 23
  • bomb · 15
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • india · 84

Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
77
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,162 of 1,983 India films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among India Action productions specifically: #328 of 637 (top 51%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageTamil
Spoken LanguagesArabic, Hindi, English, Tamil
Production CompaniesAascar Films, PVP Cinema, Raajkamal Films International
Runtime2h 27m
Release DateJanuary 25, 2013
IMDbtt2199711