Head to headRajinikanth against Mahendran Both careers by TMDB ratingRajinikanthMahendran
Tale of the tape as an actor
Rajinikanth vs Mahendran
Mahendran averages 6.93 across 3 rated films as an actor, ahead of Rajinikanth at 6.47.
- 67 (22 rated)
- Films acted
- 19 (3 rated)
- 6.47
- Average
- 6.93▶
- 6.48
- Weighted
- 6.92▶
- ◀Thalapathi 8.0
- Best film
- Padayappa 7.4
- ◀7.40, 1991 to 1997
- Peak five
- n/a
- ◀3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 5.88 (−0.59)
- Current form
- 6.93 (0.00)▶
- ◀2.19K
- TMDB votes
- 344
- 1975 to 2025
- Career
- 1994 to 2026
- None
- Oscars
- None
- ◀$5M
- Box office
- n/a
Rows won
5 to 3
Rajinikanth ahead
Films together
3
averaging 7.10
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
| Pedarayudu | 1995 | · | as Paparayudu | Actor |
 Muthu | 1995 | 6.8 | as Muthu / Muthu's father | as Tribal kid in the song “Kuluvalilae” (uncredited) |
 Padayappa | 1999 | 7.4 | as Padayappa | as Kid at Anitha's birthday (uncredited) |