Kollywood release

Dharmadurai

Name: Dharmadurai
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2016-08-19
Duration: 167 min
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Srushti Dange, Aishwarya Rajesh, Radhika Sarathkumar

Kollywood20162h 47mTamilTop 60% of Kollywood budgets

48Standing

129th of 227 in Kollywood

Reported gross: 38
Return on budget: 60
Audience rating: 73
Momentum: 29

Out-grossed 38% of Kollywood releases with reported figures ($4M).
Returned 2× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
Momentum in the 29th percentile.
Audience rating 7.4 from 30 votes, the 73rd percentile.

The full Kollywood leaderboard

Cost: $2M
Took: $4M

Against a Kollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 1.3 times what a typical release there does.

The money says hit. What do you say?

The picture

A once-promising village doctor, burdened by personal loss and family betrayal, spirals into alcoholism and becomes an outcast. His journey of pain, resilience, and rediscovery takes him from despair to a chance at redemption, as he confronts his past and searches for purpose, love, and reconciliation.

Released: 19 August 2016
Runtime: 2h 47m
Language: Tamil
Industry: Kollywood

Top billedAll 18 credits

Vijay SethupathiDr. Dharmadurai
Tamannaah BhatiaDr. Subhashini
Srushti DangeDr. Stella
Aishwarya RajeshAnbuselvi
Radhika SarathkumarPandiyamma
AruldossBeemaraasu

Made by

Director: Seenu Ramasamy
Screenplay: Seenu Ramasamy
Original Music Composer: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Director of Photography: M. Sukumar
Producer: R. K. Suresh

Filed under

DramaRomance

Every Kollywood film of 2016: hits and flops