Director · Writer · Producer · age 43
Karthik Subbaraj
Best rated (directing): Jigarthanda DoubleX (7.7)
- Directing films
- 11
- Directing avg
- 6.91
- Peak run
- 2012’21
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Karthik by the numbers
Average
6.91
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.92
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.72
rating spread
Career
15y
2012 to 2026
Total votes
553
across every film
Best
7.7
Jigarthanda DoubleX
Worst
5.5
Jagame Thandhiram
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Dorothy | · | 5 |
| 2025 |  Retro | 6.3 | 50 |
| 2023 |  Jigarthanda DoubleX | 7.7 | 59 |
| 2022 |  Mahaan | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2021 |  Jagame Thandhiram | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2020 |  Putham Pudhu Kaalai | · | 18 |
| 2019 |  Petta | 7.2 | 97 |
| 2018 |  Mercury | · | 18 |
| 2016 |  Iraivi | 7.2 | 37 |
| 2014 |  Jigarthanda | 7.6 | 75 |
| 2012 |  Pizza | 7.0 | 88 |
Better together?
Karthik Subbaraj's regulars
- Santhosh NarayananComposer · 8 films · 6.87 avg
- Bobby SimhaDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.16 avg▲+0.39
- S. ThirunavukkarasuCinematographer · 4 films · 7.45 avg
- SananthDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.00 avg●−0.04
- Shreyaas KrishnaCinematographer · 4 films · 6.20 avg
- Vijay SethupathiDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.13 avg▲+0.09
- Ramachandran DurairajDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.64
- S. J. SuryahDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.45 avg▲+0.88
- KarunakaranDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.55
- Remya NambeesanDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg●+0.01
- MuthukumarDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.21
- JayaramDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.31
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Karthik Subbaraj and Santhosh Narayanan movies · Karthik Subbaraj and Bobby Simha movies · Karthik Subbaraj and S. Thirunavukkarasu movies · Karthik Subbaraj and Sananth movies
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