The Best R. Madhavan Movies, Ranked
52 credits from 1996 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022) comes out on top with a score of 83. The biggest box office hit is Zero (2018) with $18.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated R. Madhavan Movies
The 9 highest-rated films R. Madhavan is credited on. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022) leads with 83, followed by Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) at 79. 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 83 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022 · History -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Maara 2021 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 Dhokha: Round D Corner 2022 · Thriller -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Shaitaan 2024 · Thriller -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 Zero 2018 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 Nishabdham 2020 · Thriller -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 33 Hisaab Barabar 2024 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Savyasachi 2018 · Action
Biggest R. Madhavan Box Office Hits
R. Madhavan's films have made $43.5M worldwide in total. Zero (2018) is the biggest hit at $18.4M, ahead of Rang De Basanti (2006) ($10.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Zero 2018 · Drama $18.4M $1.04M dom.
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Rang De Basanti 2006 · Romance $10.8M $2.2M dom. - 3 Savyasachi 2018 · Action $3.23M
- 4 Shaitaan 2024 · Thriller $1.5M
- 5 Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · Drama $1.23M
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Mumbai Meri Jaan 2008 · Drama $1.2M $16.4K dom. - 7
Manmadhan Ambu 2010 · Comedy $731K - 8
Vettai 2012 · Action $688K $204K dom. - 9
Vikram Vedha 2017 · Action $547K - 10 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022 · History $399K
The Best R. Madhavan Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre R. Madhavan has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 15 films, and Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) is the pick of them.
- Drama 15 films Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · as Neville McKinley Movie Echo Score: 79
- Action 8 films Savyasachi 2018 · as Arun Raj Movie Echo Score: 30
- Romance 8 films Rang De Basanti 2006 · as Ajay Rathod
- Thriller 5 films Dhokha: Round D Corner 2022 · as Yathaarth Sinha Movie Echo Score: 62
- Comedy 5 films Manmadhan Ambu 2010 · as Madanagopal
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Family 3 films Magalir Mattum 2017 · as Surendar (Cameo) - History 1 film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022 · as Nambi Narayanan Movie Echo Score: 83
The Best R. Madhavan Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of R. Madhavan's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest R. Madhavan Movies
The most recent films R. Madhavan is credited on, newest first — starting with Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · Neville McKinley
- Hisaab Barabar 2024 · Radhe Mohan Sharma
- Shaitaan 2024 · Vanraj Kashyap
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The Railway Men - The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984 2023 · Rati Pandey - Dhokha: Round D Corner 2022 · Yathaarth Sinha
- Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022 · Nambi Narayanan
- Maara 2021 · 'Maara' Manimaaran
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Decoupled 2021 · Arya Iyer - Nishabdham 2020 · Anthony
- Zero 2018 · Kartik Srinivasan
- Savyasachi 2018 · Arun Raj
- Magalir Mattum 2017 · Surendar (Cameo)
The Best R. Madhavan Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest R. Madhavan films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best R. Madhavan movie?
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022) is the best-rated R. Madhavan film, with a Movie Echo Score of 83, ahead of Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) (79) and Maara (2021) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing R. Madhavan movie?
Zero (2018) made the most at the box office, with $18.4M worldwide, followed by Rang De Basanti (2006) with $10.8M. Together, R. Madhavan's films with box office figures have made $43.5M.
What is the best R. Madhavan drama movie?
Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) is the best-rated of R. Madhavan's drama films, with a score of 79. In other genres: Savyasachi (action), Rang De Basanti (romance) and Dhokha: Round D Corner (thriller).
What is the newest R. Madhavan movie?
The newest film on R. Madhavan's filmography is Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025), with R. Madhavan as Neville McKinley.
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