- Films
- 44
- Avg rating
- 6.16
- Peak run
- 1994’11
- 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 an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Kovai by the numbers
Average
6.16
19 rated films
Vote weighted
6.18
bigger films count more
Median
5.8
half are better
Consistency
±1.34
rating spread
Career
44y
1983 to 2026
Total votes
130K
across every film
Best
7.5
Mersal
Worst
4.4
Kanguva
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  Seetha Payanam | · | 5.1 | 2,347 |
| 2025 |  Maareesan | Fareeda Begum | 7.4 | 10,142 |
| 2024 |  Kanguva | Francis's Mother | 4.4 | 16,033 |
| 2024 | Aranmanai 4 | Saravanan's Aunt | 5.0 | 2,625 |
| 2024 | Double Tuckerr | Shanmugavalli | 5.1 | 1,738 |
| 2022 | Sembi | · | 7.6 | 2,201 |
| 2019 |  Viswasam | Filomina | 7.1 | 15,350 |
| 2019 | Kanchana 3 | Raghava's Mother | 4.2 | 2,224 |
| 2019 | Devi 2 | Lawyer Lalitha | · | 564 |
| 2018 | Lakshmi | A. Saraswathi | · | 895 |
| 2017 |  Mersal | Sarala | 7.5 | 42,722 |
| 2017 | Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva | Vaijayanthi | · | 677 |
| 2017 | Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan | Sarala | · | 977 |
| 2016 | Aranmanai 2 | Komalam | 4.6 | 1,111 |
| 2015 | Kanchana 2 | Raghava's Mother | 5.6 | 2,595 |
| 2015 | Komban | Komban's Mother | 5.8 | 1,092 |
| 2014 | Sigaram Thodu | Aishwarya | · | 559 |
| 2014 | Aranmanai | Easwari | 5.4 | 1,500 |
| 2013 | Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya | Sowmiya's Aunt | · | 924 |
| 2013 | Thillu Mullu | Senthamarai | · | 357 |
Better together?
Kovai Sarala's regulars
- Raghava LawrenceCo-star · 3 films · 6.15 avg▲+0.28
- Raghava LawrenceDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.15 avg▲+0.45
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Kovai Sarala
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