Synopsis
സ്പിരിറ്റ്
Raghunandan (Mohanlal) is a TV show host and a budding novelist. He is a loner and a compulsive alcoholic, the latter of which resulted in his divorce from Meera (Kaniha). Despite this Meera and her husband Alexy (Shankar Ramakrishnan) are his best friends. His alcoholism however starts taking a huge toll on his life and things take a turn for the worst. At this point he meets Maniyan (Nandu) a plumber who is a bigger alcoholic than he is which makes Raghu re-evaluate his relationship with alcohol.
The 2011–2013 Other Asia Window
Spirit holds position #26 of 61 Other Asia films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Other Asia, 226 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Spirit premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Other Asia films in 2012.
The 293rd Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
25 audience reviews — more than 71% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Other Asia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Spirit, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hidden camera · 4
- police station · 4
- writer · 15
- alcoholic · 14
- tragic event · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #192 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #146 of 356 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Spoken Languages | English, Malayalam |
| Runtime | 2h 25m |
| Release Date | June 14, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2175672 |







