The Best Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Movies, Ranked
35 credits from 1992 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Kaadan (2021) comes out on top with a score of 76. The biggest box office hit is 2.0 (2018) with $36.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Movies
The 10 highest-rated films Ananth Narayan Mahadevan is credited on. Kaadan (2021) leads with 76, followed by Evening Shadows (2018) at 75. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Kaadan 2021 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Evening Shadows 2018 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Mission Raniganj 2023 · Thriller -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The Storyteller 2022 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Salaam Venky 2022 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 2.0 2018 · Sci-Fi -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 56 One Day: Justice Delivered 2019 · Crime -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 47 Vishwaroopam II 2018 · Thriller -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Durgamati: The Myth 2020 · Horror -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 6 Sikandar 2025 · Drama
Biggest Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Box Office Hits
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's films have made $42.4M worldwide in total. 2.0 (2018) is the biggest hit at $36.9M, ahead of Sikandar (2025) ($3.03M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 2.0 2018 · Sci-Fi $36.9M $4.15M dom.
- 2 Sikandar 2025 · Drama $3.03M
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Baadshah 1999 · Action $660K $660K dom. - 4
Papanasam 2015 · Crime $587K - 5
Joggers Park 2003 · Comedy $450K - 6
Dil Kya Kare 1999 · Romance $285K $285K dom. - 7 Mission Raniganj 2023 · Thriller $264K
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Sandwich 2006 · Comedy $92.6K - 9 Salaam Venky 2022 · Drama $30K
- 10 Kaadan 2021 · Drama $12.2K
The Best Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ananth Narayan Mahadevan has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and Kaadan (2021) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films Kaadan 2021 · as Kurinjinathan/ Kanakamedala RajaGopalam /Jagannath Sevak Movie Echo Score: 76
- Thriller 6 films Mission Raniganj 2023 · as PM Natarajan Movie Echo Score: 72
- Romance 6 films Dil Kya Kare 1999 · as DCP Krishan Kumar
- Crime 3 films One Day: Justice Delivered 2019 · as Lawyer Joshi Movie Echo Score: 56
- Comedy 3 films Joggers Park 2003 · as Special Appearance
- Horror 1 film Durgamati: The Myth 2020 Movie Echo Score: 30
- Sci-Fi 1 film 2.0 2018 · as Meeting Chairperson Movie Echo Score: 58
- Action 1 film Baadshah 1999 · as Seth Mahendra
The Best Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Movies
The most recent films Ananth Narayan Mahadevan is credited on, newest first — starting with Sikandar (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Sikandar 2025 · Chief Minister
- Mission Raniganj 2023 · PM Natarajan
- Salaam Venky 2022 · Guruji
- The Storyteller 2022 · Director
- Kaadan 2021 · Kurinjinathan/ Kanakamedala RajaGopalam /Jagannath Sevak
- Durgamati: The Myth 2020 · Horror
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Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story 2020 · S. Venkitarajan - One Day: Justice Delivered 2019 · Lawyer Joshi
- 2.0 2018 · Meeting Chairperson
- Vishwaroopam II 2018 · Easwar Iyer
- Evening Shadows 2018 · Drama
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Aksar 2 2017 · Director
The Best Ananth Narayan Mahadevan Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ananth Narayan Mahadevan films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ananth Narayan Mahadevan movie?
Kaadan (2021) is the best-rated Ananth Narayan Mahadevan film, with a Movie Echo Score of 76, ahead of Evening Shadows (2018) (75) and Mission Raniganj (2023) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Kaadan: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ananth Narayan Mahadevan movie?
2.0 (2018) made the most at the box office, with $36.9M worldwide, followed by Sikandar (2025) with $3.03M. Together, Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's films with box office figures have made $42.4M.
What is the best Ananth Narayan Mahadevan drama movie?
Kaadan (2021) is the best-rated of Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's drama films, with a score of 76. In other genres: Mission Raniganj (thriller), Dil Kya Kare (romance) and One Day: Justice Delivered (crime).
What is the newest Ananth Narayan Mahadevan movie?
The newest film on Ananth Narayan Mahadevan's filmography is Sikandar (2025), with Ananth Narayan Mahadevan as Chief Minister.
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