Batti Gul Meter Chalu

2018 | Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

The life of three friends takes a tragic turn due to an inflated electricity bill, which leads to a courtroom drama and social awakening.

Scores

Overall Score
51.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
56.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.6%
Review Aggregate
41.9

Critic Consensus

16.7% Fresh • 12 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 17% of 12 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize character-driven, emotional, visually striking. Many reviews cite uneven tone as the main reasons it falls short.

character-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provokingrealisticuneven tone

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Shahid Kapoor2018$9,000$11,000(est)
Shraddha Kapoor2018$6,000$7,000(est)
Yami Gautam2018$4,000$5,000(est)
Divyendu Sharma2018$3,000$4,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score17.0
RT critic review count12
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count250
IMDb rating5.9
IMDb votes6,350

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2018$249,539$311,750
International2018$386,330$482,643
Worldwide2018$635,869$794,393

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2018$279,302$348,932
Digital Rentals ?2018$1,825,000$2,279,978
Digital Purchases ?2018$2,200,000$2,748,467
Physical Rentals ?2018$1,124,000$1,404,217
Physical Purchases ?2018$3,188,000$3,982,778
TV & Streaming Revenue2018$112,293$140,287
Total Revenues2018$8,728,594$10,904,659
Expenses
Budget ?2018$699,000 (est)$873,263 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2018$509,000 (est)$635,895 (est)
Participations2018$349,000$436,007
Residuals ?2018$435,000$543,447
Interest & Overhead2018$139,800$174,653
Total Expenses2018$2,131,800$2,663,264
Movie Net Profit or Loss2018$6,596,794$8,241,395

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