The Best Jyothika Movies, Ranked
48 credits from 1998 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Kaathal - The Core (2023) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Tagore (2003) with $5.43M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Jyothika Movies
The 7 highest-rated films Jyothika is credited on. Kaathal - The Core (2023) leads with 85, followed by Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (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 85 Kaathal - The Core 2023 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam 2018 · Thriller -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Raatchasi 2019 · Thriller -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Thambi 2019 · Thriller -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Srikanth 2024 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Shaitaan 2024 · Thriller -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 42 Udanpirappe 2021 · Family
Biggest Jyothika Box Office Hits
Jyothika's films have made $8.53M worldwide in total. Tagore (2003) is the biggest hit at $5.43M, ahead of Shaitaan (2024) ($1.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Tagore 2003 · Action $5.43M - 2 Shaitaan 2024 · Thriller $1.5M
- 3 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam 2018 · Thriller $802K
- 4 Thambi 2019 · Thriller $176K
- 5 Srikanth 2024 · Drama $138K
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Magalir Mattum 2017 · Family $122K - 7
Naachiyaar 2018 · Thriller $82.2K - 8
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal 2006 · Family $70.6K - 9 Kaathal - The Core 2023 · Drama $65.2K
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Kaatrin Mozhi 2018 · Comedy $64.1K
The Best Jyothika Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jyothika has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 15 films, and Kaathal - The Core (2023) is the pick of them.
- Drama 15 films Kaathal - The Core 2023 · as Omana Philip Movie Echo Score: 85
- Thriller 7 films Chekka Chivantha Vaanam 2018 · as Chitra Varadarajan Movie Echo Score: 75
- Action 6 films Tagore 2003 · as Nandu
- Family 4 films Udanpirappe 2021 · as Maathangi Sargunam Movie Echo Score: 42
- Comedy 3 films Kaatrin Mozhi 2018 · as Vijayalakshmi 'Viji' Balakrishnan
The Best Jyothika Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jyothika's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Jyothika Movies
The most recent films Jyothika is credited on, newest first — starting with Dabba Cartel (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Dabba Cartel 2025 · Varuna - Srikanth 2024 · Devika
- Shaitaan 2024 · Jyoti Rishi
- Kaathal - The Core 2023 · Omana Philip
- Udanpirappe 2021 · Maathangi Sargunam
- Thambi 2019 · Parvathy
- Raatchasi 2019 · Geetha Rani
- Kaatrin Mozhi 2018 · Vijayalakshmi 'Viji' Balakrishnan
- Chekka Chivantha Vaanam 2018 · Chitra Varadarajan
- Naachiyaar 2018 · P. Naachiyaar
- Magalir Mattum 2017 · Prabha
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36 Vayadhinile 2015 · Vasanthi Thamizhselvan
The Best Jyothika Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jyothika films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jyothika movie?
Kaathal - The Core (2023) is the best-rated Jyothika film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018) (75) and Raatchasi (2019) (73). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Kaathal - The Core: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Jyothika movie?
Tagore (2003) made the most at the box office, with $5.43M worldwide, followed by Shaitaan (2024) with $1.5M. Together, Jyothika's films with box office figures have made $8.53M.
What is the best Jyothika drama movie?
Kaathal - The Core (2023) is the best-rated of Jyothika's drama films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (thriller), Tagore (action) and Udanpirappe (family).
What is the newest Jyothika movie?
The newest film on Jyothika's filmography is Dabba Cartel (2025), with Jyothika as Varuna.
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