The Best Bharathiraja Movies, Ranked
43 credits from 1977 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Maharaja (2024) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Thudarum (2025) with $6.23M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Bharathiraja Movies
The 6 highest-rated films Bharathiraja is credited on. Maharaja (2024) leads with 90, followed by Thiruchitrambalam (2022) at 88. 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 90 Maharaja 2024 · Thriller -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 88 Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 87 Thudarum 2025 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Vaathi 2023 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 Namma Veettu Pillai 2019 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 38 Eeswaran 2021 · Family
Biggest Bharathiraja Box Office Hits
Bharathiraja's films have made $14.7M worldwide in total. Thudarum (2025) is the biggest hit at $6.23M, ahead of Thiruchitrambalam (2022) ($5.34M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Thudarum 2025 · Drama $6.23M
- 2 Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · Drama $5.34M
- 3 Eeswaran 2021 · Family $1.41M
- 4 Maharaja 2024 · Thriller $976K
- 5 Vaathi 2023 · Drama $424K
- 6 Namma Veettu Pillai 2019 · Action $276K
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Kennedy Club 2019 · Drama $15.9K - 8
Kalvan 2024 · Drama $5.75K - 9
Karumegangal Kalaiginrana 2023 · Drama $912
The Best Bharathiraja Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Bharathiraja has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 20 films, and Thiruchitrambalam (2022) is the pick of them.
- Drama 20 films Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · as Thiruchitrambalam Sr. Movie Echo Score: 88
- Action 8 films Namma Veettu Pillai 2019 · as Arunmozhivarman Movie Echo Score: 51
- Family 3 films Eeswaran 2021 · as Periyasamy Movie Echo Score: 38
- Thriller 2 films Maharaja 2024 · as Gopal Thatha Movie Echo Score: 90
The Latest Bharathiraja Movies
The most recent films Bharathiraja is credited on, newest first — starting with Thudarum (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Thudarum 2025 · Palani
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Niram Marum Ulagil 2025 · Rayappan -
Thiru.Manickam 2024 · Shanmugam - Maharaja 2024 · Gopal Thatha
- Kalvan 2024 · Drama
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Margazhi Thingal 2023 · Ramaiya - Karumegangal Kalaiginrana 2023 · Justice Ramanathan
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Thiruvin Kural 2023 · Marimuthu - Vaathi 2023 · Villager (Special appearance)
- Thiruchitrambalam 2022 · Thiruchitrambalam Sr.
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Kuttram Kuttrame 2022 · Retd. DSP. Muthukaruppan - Eeswaran 2021 · Periyasamy
The Best Bharathiraja Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Bharathiraja films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Bharathiraja movie?
Maharaja (2024) is the best-rated Bharathiraja film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Thiruchitrambalam (2022) (88) and Thudarum (2025) (87). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Maharaja: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Bharathiraja movie?
Thudarum (2025) made the most at the box office, with $6.23M worldwide, followed by Thiruchitrambalam (2022) with $5.34M. Together, Bharathiraja's films with box office figures have made $14.7M.
What is the best Bharathiraja drama movie?
Thiruchitrambalam (2022) is the best-rated of Bharathiraja's drama films, with a score of 88. In other genres: Namma Veettu Pillai (action), Eeswaran (family) and Maharaja (thriller).
What is the newest Bharathiraja movie?
The newest film on Bharathiraja's filmography is Thudarum (2025), with Bharathiraja as Palani.
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