The Best Rajkiran Movies, Ranked
39 credits from 1978 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Meiyazhagan (2024) comes out on top with a score of 88. The biggest box office hit is Viruman (2022) with $3.22M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Rajkiran Movies
The 4 highest-rated films Rajkiran is credited on. Meiyazhagan (2024) leads with 88, followed by Maaman (2025) at 74. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Rajkiran Box Office Hits
Rajkiran's films have made $5.51M worldwide in total. Viruman (2022) is the biggest hit at $3.22M, ahead of Shylock (2020) ($1.27M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Viruman 2022 · Action $3.22M - 2
Shylock 2020 · Action $1.27M - 3
Meiyazhagan 2024 · Drama $394K - 4
Venghai 2011 · Action $223K - 5
Sandakozhi 2 2018 · Family $118K - 6
RajiniMurugan 2016 · Comedy $94K - 7
Maaman 2025 · Family $92.4K - 8
Kaavalan 2011 · Romance $79.2K - 9
Pattathu Arasan 2022 · Romance $7.07K - 10
Thottal Poo Malarum 2007 · Action $4.96K
The Best Rajkiran Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Rajkiran has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 10 films, and Viruman (2022) is the pick of them.
- Action 10 films Viruman 2022 · as Niraipandiyan Thevar Movie Echo Score: 47
- Family 8 films Maaman 2025 Movie Echo Score: 74
- Drama 7 films Meiyazhagan 2024 · as Sokkalingam Movie Echo Score: 88
- Romance 6 films Kaavalan 2011 · as Muthuramalingam
- Comedy 4 films RajiniMurugan 2016 · as Rajini Murugan's grandfather
The Best Rajkiran Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Rajkiran's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Rajkiran Movies
The most recent films Rajkiran is credited on, newest first — starting with Maaman (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Maaman 2025 · Family
- Meiyazhagan 2024 · Sokkalingam
- Pattathu Arasan 2022 · Pothaari
- Viruman 2022 · Niraipandiyan Thevar
- Shylock 2020 · Ayyanar
- Sandakozhi 2 2018 · Durai Ayya
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Pa Paandi 2017 · Paandian Pazhanisami (Power Paandi) - RajiniMurugan 2016 · Rajini Murugan's grandfather
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Lailaa O Lailaa 2015 · Thriller -
Komban 2015 · Muthiah -
Manjapai 2014 · Venkatasamy -
Matinee 2012 · Police Man
The Best Rajkiran Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Rajkiran films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Rajkiran movie?
Meiyazhagan (2024) is the best-rated Rajkiran film, with a Movie Echo Score of 88, ahead of Maaman (2025) (74) and Viruman (2022) (47). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Meiyazhagan: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Rajkiran movie?
Viruman (2022) made the most at the box office, with $3.22M worldwide, followed by Shylock (2020) with $1.27M. Together, Rajkiran's films with box office figures have made $5.51M.
What is the best Rajkiran action movie?
Viruman (2022) is the best-rated of Rajkiran's action films, with a score of 47. In other genres: Maaman (family), Meiyazhagan (drama) and Kaavalan (romance).
What is the newest Rajkiran movie?
The newest film on Rajkiran's filmography is Maaman (2025).
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