India Synopsis
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Writing with Fire. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2020–2022 India Window
Writing with Fire holds position #44 of 279 India films in the 2020–2022 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 Writing with Fire premiered alongside 85 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other India films in 2021.
The 1757th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
24 audience reviews — more than 57% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 46th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Writing with Fire, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- social documentary · 4
- political documentary · 3
- social & cultural documentary · 3
- women and society · 3
- women power · 2
- indian woman · 2
- women's issues · 1
- pioneer women · 1
- women's rights · 1
- friendship between women · 1
- powerful woman · 1
- women · 1
- journalist · 17
- india · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #262 of 1,983 India films indexed here (87th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Documentary productions specifically: #5 of 18 (top 28%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Black Ticket Films, Sundance Institute, The Bertha Foundation, Finnish Film Foundation, IDFA Bertha Fund |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | January 30, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt13630174 |
| Official Site | www.writingwithfire.in |