Rajinikanth filmography

Rajinikanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 170 films, mainly in Tamil cinema.^[1] He began his film career by playing antagonistic and supporting roles before graduating to a lead actor.^[2] After starring in numerous commercially successful films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he has continued to hold a matinée idol status in the popular culture of Tamil Nadu.^[3] Writing for Slate, Grady Hendrix called him the "biggest movie star you've probably never heard of."^[4] Rajinikanth has also worked in other Indian film industries such as Bollywood, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.^[5]

Overview

He made his cinematic debut with K. Balachander's 1975 Tamil drama Apoorva Raagangal, in which he played a minor role of an abusive husband.^[6][7] He had his first major role in Balachander's Telugu drama film Anthuleni Katha (1976), and got his breakthrough in Tamil with Moondru Mudichu (1976)—also directed by Balachander. His style and mannerisms in the latter earned recognition from the audience.^[8] In 1977, he acted in 15 films, playing negative characters in most of them, including Avargal, 16 Vayathinile, Aadu Puli Attam and Gaayathri.^[2][6] He had positive roles in Kavikkuyil, the Kannada film Sahodarara Savaal,^[9] and the Telugu film Chilakamma Cheppindi, in which he played the protagonist for the first time in his career.^[10] His role as a failed lover in S. P. Muthuraman's Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri (1977) won him critical acclaim.^[11] In 1978, he was cast as the main lead in the Tamil film Bairavi.^[2] The same year, he received critical acclaim for his roles in Mullum Malarum and Aval Appadithan; the former earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actor.^[6] He made his Malayalam cinema debut with I. V. Sasi's fantasy drama Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum (1979), an adaptation of a story from One Thousand and One Nights.^[12][13] By the end of the decade, he had worked in all South Indian languages and established a career in Tamil cinema.^[6][14]

He played dual roles in the action thriller Billa (1980), which was a remake of the Bollywood film Don (1978). It was his biggest commercial success to that point and gave him the "action-hero" image.^[15][16] Balachander's Thillu Mullu (1981), the Tamil remake of the Bollywood film Gol Maal (1979), was Rajinikanth's first full-length comedy film.^[17] He played triple roles in the 1982 Tamil film Moondru Mugam, which earned him a special prize at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards ceremony. The following year, he made his Bollywood debut with Rama Rao Tatineni's Andha Kanoon; it was among the top-grossing Bollywood films in 1983.^[18] Muthuraman's Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984) won him that year's Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actor.^[5] In 1985, he portrayed the Hindu saint Raghavendra Swami in his 100th film Sri Raghavendrar,^[19] a box-office failure.^[20] In the latter half of the 1980s, he starred in several films in Tamil and Hindi, including Padikkadavan (1985), Mr. Bharath (1986), Bhagwaan Dada (1986), Velaikaran (1987), Guru Sishyan (1988) and Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988).^[21] During this time, he made his debut in American cinema with a supporting role in the mystery adventure film Bloodstone (1988), a box-office failure.^[22]

Rajinikanth continued to act in Bollywood, often playing supporting roles in films such as Hum, Khoon Ka Karz, and Phool Bane Angaray (all in 1991). Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Thalapathi (1991), based on the Indian epic Mahabharata, earned him critical acclaim.^[22] Suresh Krissna's Annamalai (1992), P. Vasu's Mannan (1992) and Uzhaippali (1993) are among his box-office successes in Tamil.^[23] He made his debut as a screenwriter with Valli (1993), a commercial failure.^[a][13] The Suresh Krissna-directed Baashha, in which he played a crime boss, was a major commercial success in his career and earned him a "demigod" status in Tamil Nadu.^[23] Later that year he acted in K. S. Ravikumar's Muthu, which was dubbed into Japanese.^[b] In Japan, the film grossed a record US$1.6 million in 1998 and was largely instrumental in creating a fan-base for Rajinikanth in the country.^[25] Padayappa (1999), his second collaboration with Ravikumar, went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point.^[26] In 2002 Rajinikanth produced, wrote and starred in the fantasy thriller Baba,^[27] which fell short of market expectations and incurred heavy losses for its distributors.^[28] After a three-year sabbatical, he returned to acting with the comedy horror film Chandramukhi (2005); it went on to become the highest-grossing Tamil film to that point,^[26] and its theatrical run lasted 126 weeks at a theatre in Chennai.^[c] Rajinikanth was paid ₹260 million for his role in S. Shankar's Sivaji (2007), which made him the second-highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan.^[30] He played dual roles, as a scientist and an andro-humanoid robot, in the science fiction film Enthiran (2010). It was India's most expensive production at the time of its release,^[31] and is among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.^[d][33] He played triple roles in the 2014 animated film Kochadaiiyaan, the first in India to be shot with motion capture technology;^[34] it was a commercial failure.^[35] Two years later, Rajinikanth played a Malaysian Tamil crime boss in Pa. Ranjith's Kabali,^[36] which had the biggest weekend opening for an Indian film.^[37][38]

His recent blockbuster, Jailer (2023), directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, grossed over ₹600 crores, making it his second film to gross over the ₹500 and 600 crores mark, securing the position among highest grossing Tamil film of 2023 and the highest grossing Indian films of all time. With this film, he has also established himself as the only actor in Tamil cinema with two film to gross over 600 crore. {^[39]

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films acted by Rajinikanth

Film	Year	Role(s)	Language(s)	Director(s)	Notes	Ref.
Apoorva Raagangal	1975	Pandiyan	Tamil	K. Balachander		[40]
Katha Sangama	1976	Kondaji	Kannada	Puttanna Kanagal		[40]
Anthuleni Katha	1976	Murthy	Telugu	K. Balachander		[8]
Moondru Mudichu	1976	Prasad	Tamil	K. Balachander		[8]
Baalu Jenu	1976	Vasu	Kannada	Balan, Kunigal Nagabushan		[8]
Avargal	1977	Ramanathan	Tamil	K. Balachander		[9]
Kavikkuyil	1977	Murugan	Tamil	Devaraj Mohan		[9]
Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram	1977	Veeraiyan	Tamil	Durai		[41] [42]
Chilakamma Cheppindi	1977	Ravi	Telugu	Eranki Sharma		[9]
Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri	1977	Sampath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[9]
Ondu Premada Kathe	1977	Local school chairman	Kannada	S. M. Joe Simon		[41]
16 Vayathinile	1977	Parattai	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja		[9]
Sahodarara Savaal	1977	Shekhar	Kannada	K. S. R. Das		[9]
Aadu Puli Attam	1977	Rajini	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[9]
Gaayathri	1977	Rajarathinam	Tamil	R. Pattabhiraman		[9]
Kumkuma Rakshe	1977	Unknown	Kannada	S. K. A. Chari		[9]
Aarupushpangal	1977	Ravi	Tamil	K. M. Balakrishnan		[9]
Tholireyi Gadichindi	1977	Unknown	Telugu	K. S. Rami Reddy		[41]
Aame Katha	1977	Unknown	Telugu	K. Raghavendra Rao		[41]
Galate Samsara	1977	Sundar	Kannada	C. V. Rajendran		[9]
Shankar Salim Simon	1978	Simon	Tamil	P. Madhavan		[12]
Kiladi Kittu	1978	Srikanth	Kannada	K. S. R. Das		[12]
Annadammula Savaal	1978	Rangababu	Telugu	K. S. R. Das		[41] [43]
Aayiram Jenmangal	1978	Ramesh	Tamil	Durai		[12]
Maathu Tappada Maga	1978	Unknown	Kannada	Peketi Sivaram		[41]
Mangudi Minor	1978	Kumar	Tamil	V. C. Guhanathan		[41] [44]
Bairavi	1978	Mookaiah	Tamil	M. Bhaskar		[12]
Ilamai Oonjaladukirathu	1978	Murali	Tamil	C. V. Sridhar		[12]
Sadhurangam	1978	Kumaresan	Tamil	Durai		[41] [45]
Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye	1978	Joe	Tamil	A. C. Tirulokchandar		[12]
Vayasu Pilichindi	1978	Murali	Telugu	C. V. Sridhar		[41]
Mullum Malarum	1978	Kaali	Tamil	J. Mahendran	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize	[12]
Iraivan Kodutha Varam	1978	Rajinikanth	Tamil	A. Bhimsingh		[41] [46]
Thappida Thala	1978	Devu	Kannada	K. Balachander		[12]
Thappu Thalangal	1978	Deva	Tamil	K. Balachander		[12]
Aval Appadithan	1978	Thyagu	Tamil	C. Rudhraiya		[12]
Thai Meethu Sathiyam	1978	Babu	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[12]
En Kelvikku Enna Bathil	1978	Solomon	Tamil	P. Madhavan		[41]
Paavathin Sambalam	1978	Himself	Tamil	Durai	Guest appearance	[41]
Justice Gopinath	1978	Ravi	Tamil	Dasari Yoganand		[12]
Priya	1978	Ganesh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	Tamil–Kannada bilingual film	[12]
Priya	1979	Ganesh	Kannada	S. P. Muthuraman	Tamil–Kannada bilingual film	[12]
Kuppathu Raja	1979	Raja	Tamil	T. R. Ramanna		[12]
Iddaru Asadhyule	1979	Bhaskar	Telugu	K. S. R. Das		[41]
Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum	1979	Kamruddin	Malayalam	I. V. Sasi	Malayalam–Tamil bilingual film	[12]
Ninaithale Inikkum	1979	Deepak	Tamil	K. Balachander	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[12] [41]
Andamaina Anubhavam	1979	Dileep	Telugu	K. Balachander	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[41]
Thaayillamal Naan Illai	1979	Bichwa Bakri	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Guest appearance	[12]
Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum	1979	Kamruddin	Tamil	I. V. Sasi	Malayalam–Tamil bilingual film	[12]
Dharma Yuddam	1979	Raja	Tamil	R. C. Sakthi		[12]
Naan Vazhavaippen	1979	Michael D'Souza	Tamil	Dasari Yoganand		[12]
Tiger	1979	Rashid	Telugu	N. Ramesh		[41] [47]
Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai	1979	Santhanam	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[12]
Annai Oru Aalayam	1979	Vijay	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[12]
Amma Evarikkaina Amma	1979	Vijay	Telugu	R. Thyagarajan	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[12]
Billa	1980	David Billa, Rajappa	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy		[48]
Natchathiram	1980	Himself	Tamil	Dasari Narayana Rao	Guest appearance	[41] [49]
Ram Robert Rahim	1980	Ram	Telugu	Vijaya Nirmala		[48]
Anbukku Naan Adimai	1980	Gopinath	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[41]
Kaali	1980	Kali	Tamil	I. V. Sasi	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[41]
Mayadari Krishnudu	1980	Krishnudu	Telugu	R. Thyagarajan		[41]
Naan Potta Saval	1980	Ram	Tamil	Puratchidasan		[41]
Johnny	1980	Johnny, Vidyasagar	Tamil	J. Mahendran		[48]
Kaali	1980	Kaali	Telugu	I. V. Sasi	Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[41]
Ellam Un Kairasi	1980	Raja	Tamil	M. A. Thirumugam		[41]
Polladhavan	1980	Manohar	Tamil	Muktha V. Srinivasan		[41]
Murattu Kalai	1980	Kalaiyan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [48]
Thee	1981	Rajashekar	Tamil	R. Krishnamurthy		[41]
Kazhugu	1981	Raja	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Thillu Mullu	1981	Chandran (Indran)	Tamil	K. Balachander		[41] [50]
Garjanai	1981	Vijay	Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Tamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film	[41] [51]
Garjanam	1981	Vijay	Malayalam	C. V. Rajendran	Tamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film	[41] [51]
Netrikkann	1981	Chakravarthi, Santosh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[48]
Garjane	1981	Vijay	Kannada	C. V. Rajendran	Tamil–Malayalam–Kannada multilingual film	[41] [51]
Ranuva Veeran	1981	Raghu	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Pokkiri Raja	1982	Raja, Ramesh	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Thanikattu Raja	1982	Suryaprakash	Tamil	V. C. Guhanathan		[41]
Ranga	1982	Ranganathan	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[41]
Puthukavithai	1982	Anand	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[48]
Nandri, Meendum Varuga	1982	Himself	Tamil	T. S. B. K. Moulee	Guest appearance	[41] [49]
Enkeyo Ketta Kural	1982	Kumaran	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [52]
Moondru Mugam	1982	Alex Pandian, Arun, John	Tamil	A. Jagannathan	Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize	[48] [52]
Agni Sakshi	1982	Himself	Tamil	K. Balachander	Guest appearance	[48] [49]
Paayum Puli	1983	Bharani	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Uruvangal Maralam	1983	Himself (Raghavendrar)	Tamil	S. V. Ramanan	Guest appearance	[48]
Thudikkum Karangal	1983	Gopi	Tamil	C. V. Sridhar		[41]
Andha Kanoon	1983	Vijay Kumar Singh	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[41] [53]
Thai Veedu	1983	Raju	Tamil	R. Thyagarajan		[41]
Sivappu Sooriyan	1983	Vijay	Tamil	Muktha V. Srinivasan		[41]
Jeet Hamaari	1983	Raju	Hindi	R. Thyagarajan		[41] [54]
Adutha Varisu	1983	Kannan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Thanga Magan	1983	Arun	Tamil	A. Jagannathan		[41]
Meri Adaalat	1984	Ashok	Hindi	A. T. Raghu		[41]
Naan Mahan Alla	1984	Vishwanath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Thambikku Entha Ooru	1984	Balu	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[41] [55]
Kai Kodukkum Kai	1984	Kaalimuthu	Tamil	J. Mahendran		[41] [50]
Ethe Naasaval	1984	Ram	Telugu	Puratchidasan		[41]
Anbulla Rajinikanth	1984	Himself	Tamil	K. Natraj		[52] [41]
Gangvaa	1984	Gangvaa	Hindi	Rajasekhar		[41]
Nallavanuku Nallavan	1984	Manickam	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[56]
John Jani Janardhan	1984	John A. Mendez, Janardhan B. Gupta, Jani	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[41]
Nyayam Meere Cheppalli	1985	Aathmaram	Telugu	G. Rammohan Rao	Guest appearance	[41] [57]
Naan Sigappu Manithan	1985	Vijay	Tamil	S.A. Chandrasekhar		[41] [52]
Mahaguru	1985	Vijay (Maha Guru)	Hindi	S. S. Ravichandra		[41] [58]
Un Kannil Neer Vazhindal	1985	Ravi	Tamil	Balu Mahendra		[41]
Wafadaar	1985	Ranga	Hindi	Dasari Narayana Rao		[41] [59]
Sri Raghavendra	1985	Raghavendra Swami	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Geraftaar	1985	Hussain	Hindi	Prayag Raj	Guest appearance	[41] [60]
Yaar?	1985	Himself	Tamil	Sakthi–Kannan	Guest appearance	[41] [49]
Bewafai	1985	Ranvir	Hindi	R. Thyagarajan		[41] [61]
Padikkadavan	1985	Rajendran	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[41]
Mr. Bharath	1986	Bharath	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Naan Adimai Illai	1986	Vijay	Tamil	Dwarakish		[41]
Jeevana Poratam	1986	Ravi	Telugu	Rajachandra		[41]
Viduthalai	1986	Raja	Tamil	K. Vijayan		[41]
Bhagwaan Dada	1986	Bhagwan Dada	Hindi	J. Om Prakash		[41] [62]
Kodai Mazhai	1986	Himself	Tamil	Muktha S. Sundar	Guest appearance	[41]
Asli Naqli	1986	Birju Ustad	Hindi	Sudarsan Nag		[41] [63]
Dosti Dushmani	1986	Ranjith	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao		[41] [64]
Maaveeran	1986	Raja	Tamil	Rajasekhar	Also co-producer	[41] [48] [65]
Daku Hasina	1987	Mangal Singh	Hindi	Ashok Rao	Special appearance	[41] [66]
Velaikaran	1987	Raghupathi	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [67]
Insaaf Kaun Karega	1987	Vikram Singh	Hindi	Sudarsan Nag		[41] [50]
Oorkavalan	1987	Kangeyan	Tamil	Manobala		[41] [68]
Manithan	1987	Raja	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [69]
Manathil Uruthi Vendum	1987	Himself	Tamil	K. Balachander	Guest appearance	[41] [49]
Uttar Dakshin	1987	Shankar	Hindi	Prabhat Khanna		[41] [70]
Tamacha	1988	Vikram Pratap Singh	Hindi	Ramesh Ahuja		[41] [71]
Guru Sishyan	1988	Raja (Guru)	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [72]
Dharmathin Thalaivan	1988	Balu, Shankar	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [73]
Bloodstone	1988	Shyam Sabu	English	Dwight H. Little		[41] [74]
Kodi Parakuthu	1988	Erode Shivagiri (Dada)	Tamil	P. Bharathiraja		[41] [50]
Rajathi Raja	1989	Raja, Chinnarasu	Tamil	R. Sundarrajan		[41] [52]
Gair Kanooni	1989	Azam Khan	Hindi	Prayag Raj	Special appearance	[41] [50]
Siva	1989	Siva (Tiger)	Tamil	Ameerjan		[41] [75]
Raja Chinna Roja	1989	Raja (Kumar)	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41]
Mappillai	1989	Aarumugam	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[41]
Bhrashtachar	1989	Abdul Sattar	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Special appearance	[41] [76]
ChaalBaaz	1989	Jaggu	Hindi	Pankaj Parashar		[41] [77]
Panakkaran	1990	Muthu	Tamil	P. Vasu		[41] [78]
Periya Idathu Pillai	1990	Rajinikanth	Tamil	Senthilnathan	Guest appearance	[41]
Athisaya Piravi	1990	Kaalai, Balu	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [79]
Dharma Durai	1991	Dharma Durai	Tamil	Rajasekhar		[41]
Hum	1991	Kumar Malhotra	Hindi	Mukul S. Anand		[41]
Farishtay	1991	Arjun Thange[e]	Hindi	Anil Sharma		[41] [79]
Khoon Ka Karz	1991	Kishan	Hindi	Mukul S. Anand		[41] [80]
Phool Bane Angaray	1991	Ranjit Singh	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia		[41] [81]
Nattukku Oru Nallavan	1991	Subhash	Tamil	V. Ravichandran		[41] [82]
Thalapathi	1991	Surya	Tamil	Mani Ratnam		[41] [52]
Mannan	1992	Krishnan	Tamil	P. Vasu	Also playback singer	[41] [79]
Tyagi	1992	Shankar G. "Dadhu" Dayal	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia		[41] [50]
Annamalai	1992	Annamalai	Tamil	Suresh Krissna		[41] [83]
Pandiyan	1992	Pandiyan	Tamil	S. P. Muthuraman		[41] [50] [84]
Insaniyat Ke Devta	1993	Anwar	Hindi	K. C. Bokadia		[41] [85]
Yejaman	1993	Vaanavarayan	Tamil	R. V. Udayakumar		[41] [52]
Uzhaippali	1993	Thamizharasan (Thamizhazhagan)	Tamil	P. Vasu		[24] [41]
Valli	1993	Veeraiyan	Tamil	K. Natraj	Cameo appearance Also producer and screenwriter	[24] [41]
Veera	1994	Muthuveerappan (Veera)	Tamil	Suresh Krissna		[24] [41]
Baashha	1995	Manickam (Manick Baashha)	Tamil	Suresh Krissna		[41] [83]
Peddarayudu	1995	Paparayudu	Telugu	Ravi Raja Pinisetty	Guest appearance	[24] [41]
Aatank Hi Aatank	1995	Munna	Hindi	Dilip Shankar		[41] [86]
Muthu	1995	Muthuvel, Zamindar	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[24] [41] [56]
Bhagya Debata	1995	Unknown	Bengali	Raghuram	Special appearance	[41]
Arunachalam	1997	Arunachalam, Vedachalam	Tamil	Sundar C.		[41] [83]
Padayappa	1999	Aarupadayappan	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[41] [56] [83]
Bulandi	2000	Ghajraj Thakur	Hindi	Tatineni Rama Rao	Guest appearance	[41] [87]
Baba	2002	Baba, Mahavatar Babaji (voice only)	Tamil	Suresh Krissna	Also producer and screenwriter	[41] [88]
Chandramukhi	2005	Saravanan, Vettaiyan Raja	Tamil	P. Vasu	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	[41] [56] [89]
Sivaji	2007	Sivaji Arumugam	Tamil	S. Shankar	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[5] [56] [90]
Kuselan	2008	Ashok Kumar	Tamil	P. Vasu	Cameo appearance Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[41] [91]
Kathanayakudu	2008	Ashok Kumar	Telugu	P. Vasu	Cameo appearance Tamil–Telugu bilingual film	[41] [91]
Enthiran	2010	Vaseegaran, Chitti	Tamil	S. Shankar	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero Vijay Award for Best Villain Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[5] [56] [92]
Ra.One	2011	Chitti	Hindi	Anubhav Sinha	Special appearance	[41] [93]
Kochadaiiyaan	2014	Kochadaiiyaan, Rana, Sena	Tamil	Soundarya Rajinikanth	Also playback singer	[34]
Lingaa		Raja Lingeswaran, Lingeswaran (Lingaa)	Tamil	K. S. Ravikumar	Vijay Award for Favourite Hero	[94] [95]
Kabali	2016	Kabaleeswaran (Kabali)	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	[96] [97] [98]
Cinema Veeran	2017	Himself	Tamil	Aishwarya R. Dhanush	Documentary film, Narrator	[99] [100]
2.0	2018	Dr.Vaseegaran, Chiiti, Kutty	Tamil	S. Shankar		[101]
Kaala		Karikalan	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith		[102]
Petta	2019	Petta, Kaali	Tamil	Karthik Subbaraj		[103]
Darbar	2020	Aaditya Arunachalam	Tamil	A.R. Murugadoss		[104]
Annaatthe	2021	Kaalaiyan (Annaatthe)	Tamil	Siva		[105]
Jailer	2023	"Tiger" Muthuvel Pandian	Tamil	Nelson Dilipkumar		[106]
Lal Salaam	2024	D. G. Moideen	Tamil	Aishwarya Rajinikanth		[107]

Notes

1. He was also the producer.^[24]
2. The Japanese title is Mutu: Odoru Maharaja.^[3]
3. The film broke the 63-year-old record set by the 1944 Tamil film Haridas, which ran for 112 weeks at Broadway Theatre, Madras.^[29]
4. The film grossed ₹ 2.89 billion (approximately US$43 million) worldwide, surpassing Sivaji's collection of ₹ 1.55 billion (approximately US$24 million). As of June 2016, it remains the highest-grossing Tamil film.^[32]
5. The full name of the character is Ranoji Rao Shivaji Rao Gaekwad Jadichmul Arjun Thange.^[79]