- Films
- 11
- Avg rating
- 7.27
- Peak run
- 2012’19
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Karthik by the numbers
Average
7.27
11 rated films
Vote weighted
7.29
bigger films count more
Median
7.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.90
rating spread
Career
15y
2012 to 2026
Total votes
112K
across every film
Best
8.2
Jigarthanda
Worst
5.8
Jagame Thandhiram
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Dorothy | 8.1 | 1,712 |
| 2025 |  Retro | 6.3 | 17,362 |
| 2023 |  Jigarthanda Double X | 8.0 | 12,169 |
| 2022 |  Mahaan | 7.7 | 19,714 |
| 2021 |  Jagame Thandhiram | 5.8 | 13,221 |
| 2020 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai | 6.8 | 1,914 |
| 2019 |  Petta | 7.2 | 15,334 |
| 2018 | Mercury | 6.0 | 1,192 |
| 2016 | Iraivi | 8.0 | 4,176 |
| 2014 |  Jigarthanda | 8.2 | 15,000 |
| 2012 | Pizza | 7.9 | 9,897 |
Better together?
Karthik Subbaraj's regulars
- Santhosh NarayananComposer · 8 films · 7.24 avg
- Bobby SimhaDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.95 avg▲+0.92
- S. TirruCinematographer · 4 films · 7.32 avg
- Shreyaas KrishnaCinematographer · 4 films · 6.65 avg
- Vijay SethupathiDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.58
- SananthDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.27 avg▲+0.05
- Aadukalam NarenDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.05 avg▲+1.33
- S.J. SuryahDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.00 avg▲+1.03
- SimranDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.45 avg▲+0.29
- Ramya NambeeshanDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.95 avg▼−0.34
- JayaramDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.41
- Joju GeorgeDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.05 avg▼−0.84
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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