Directing
Karthik Subbaraj
Born March 19, 1983 · Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India (age 43)
Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian director, writer and producer working in the Tamil film industry. Known for quirky, visually flamboyant genre films, he is considered a prominent director in modern Tamil cinema. He debuted with the film Pizza (2012), which is considered one of the best modern horror films from India, and has gone on to direct several successful films which have garnered critical accl…
Known For
Bench Talkies · 2015Bench Talkies
★ 6.02015
MovieActionComedy
Bench Talkies is a compilation of six films from six filmmakers. The one recognizable name is, of course, Karthik Subbaraj, while the others are all aspiring directors. The films deal with various subjects and are in different genres and are of varying quality.
Pocket NovelPocket Novel
MovieCrimeThriller
Neelira · 2026Neelira
2026
MovieThrillerWar
A wedding eve in 1988 Sri Lanka turns into a hostage standoff when Indian Army soldiers occupy a family's home overnight.
Gaddalakonda Ganesh · 2019Gaddalakonda Ganesh
★ 5.72019
MovieActionThriller
Abhi wants to make a feature film with an antagonist as his lead and finds the perfect muse in the ruthless Gaddalakonda Ganesh. How he finally manages to make his debut forms the crux of the tale.
Retro · 2025Retro
★ 6.42025
MovieRomanceAction
A man with a violent past seeks a fresh start, but the life he left behind resurfaces, forcing him to face old conflicts and redefine his future.
Soodhu Kavvum · 2013Soodhu Kavvum
★ 7.12013
MovieComedyThriller
Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.
Pizza · 2014Pizza
★ 4.92014
MovieThrillerHorror
Terror strikes when a pizza deliveryman becomes trapped in a haunted house.
Game Changer · 2025Game Changer
★ 4.72025
MovieActionDrama
Ram, a newly appointed district collector, takes charge in a city in Andhra Pradesh and immediately confronts the deeply entrenched corruption and inefficiency plaguing the government. Determined to bring reforms, he initiates sweeping changes, sparking a fierce conflict with a powerful state Minister.
Movies
Bench Talkies · 2015Bench Talkies
★ 6.02015
MovieActionComedy
Bench Talkies is a compilation of six films from six filmmakers. The one recognizable name is, of course, Karthik Subbaraj, while the others are all aspiring directors. The films deal with various subjects and are in different genres and are of varying quality.
Pocket NovelPocket Novel
MovieCrimeThriller
Neelira · 2026Neelira
2026
MovieThrillerWar
A wedding eve in 1988 Sri Lanka turns into a hostage standoff when Indian Army soldiers occupy a family's home overnight.
Gaddalakonda Ganesh · 2019Gaddalakonda Ganesh
★ 5.72019
MovieActionThriller
Abhi wants to make a feature film with an antagonist as his lead and finds the perfect muse in the ruthless Gaddalakonda Ganesh. How he finally manages to make his debut forms the crux of the tale.
Retro · 2025Retro
★ 6.42025
MovieRomanceAction
A man with a violent past seeks a fresh start, but the life he left behind resurfaces, forcing him to face old conflicts and redefine his future.
Soodhu Kavvum · 2013Soodhu Kavvum
★ 7.12013
MovieComedyThriller
Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.
Pizza · 2014Pizza
★ 4.92014
MovieThrillerHorror
Terror strikes when a pizza deliveryman becomes trapped in a haunted house.
Game Changer · 2025Game Changer
★ 4.72025
MovieActionDrama
Ram, a newly appointed district collector, takes charge in a city in Andhra Pradesh and immediately confronts the deeply entrenched corruption and inefficiency plaguing the government. Determined to bring reforms, he initiates sweeping changes, sparking a fierce conflict with a powerful state Minister.
Parallax · 2009Parallax
2009
Movie
Bachchhan Paandey · 2022Bachchhan Paandey
★ 5.52022
MovieComedyAction
A budding director tries to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But her secret attempts to conduct the research fail when she gets caught for snooping.
Mahaan · 2022Mahaan
★ 6.82022
MovieCrimeAction
A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a billionaire, does life give him a second chance to be a father?
Pizza · 2012Pizza
★ 6.92012
MovieThrillerComedy
Michael, a pizza delivery boy, lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, on a delivery run, he goes to a bungalow, where mysterious events begin to unfold.
Jigarthanda DoubleX · 2023Jigarthanda DoubleX
★ 7.62023
MovieActionDrama
A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.
Petta · 2019Petta
★ 7.22019
MovieAction
A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realise that it is they who should fear him.
Jagame Thandhiram · 2021Jagame Thandhiram
★ 5.52021
MovieCrimeDrama
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
Jigarthanda TripleXJigarthanda TripleX
Movie
Boomika · 2021Boomika
★ 5.32021
MovieMysteryThriller
Samyuktha's husband Gautham acquires a contract to build a township villa in an abandoned forest area. Gautham takes the help of his close friend Gayathri, an architect, to plan the construction. Gautham, Samyuktha, Gayathri, Aditi visit the guest house in the forest area to plan the construction. However, they start to experience several paranormal activities in the guest house which leaves them shocked and terrified.
Jigarthanda · 2014Jigarthanda
★ 7.62014
MovieMusicCrime
A budding director endeavors to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But his secret attempts to conduct the research fail when he gets caught for snooping.
DSP · 2022DSP
★ 6.22022
MovieActionDrama
A flower seller's son ends up in a tussle with a ruthless rowdy in Dindigul, forcing him to become a policeman and fight the odds.
Putham Pudhu Kaalai · 2020Putham Pudhu Kaalai
★ 6.42020
MovieDramaFamily
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
Ammu · 2022Ammu
★ 8.02022
MovieDrama
Ammu's thought marriage was a fairy tale – full of love and magic, ends when her cop-husband Ravi hit her for the very first time. What Ammu thought was a one-off incident soon turned into a never-ending cycle of abuse, trapping her and breaking her soul and spirit. Pushed to her limits, Ammu teams up with an unlikely ally to break free.
Rathnam · 2024Rathnam
★ 5.32024
MovieActionRomance
Rathnam, a henchmen working for MLA Panneer Selvam in Vellore, protects Malliga, a medical student who bears a resemblance to Rathnam's late mother, from the relentless pursuit of land grabbers Rayudu brothers and becomes her guardian angel.
Iraivi · 2016Iraivi
★ 7.22016
MovieCrimeDrama
Three men try to overcome the problems in their lives not realising the impact their efforts are having on the women in their lives.
Aviyal · 2016Aviyal
★ 5.82016
MovieComedyCrime
Aviyal is a collection of four short films : A young man attracted to his aunt, a filmmaker chasing robbers who have stolen his short film, two friends going on a trip to deposit the ashes of their friend and a gangster narrating a story.
TV Shows
Navarasa · 2021Navarasa
★ 5.42021
SeriesDrama
From amusement to awe, the nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series.
LegacyLegacy
SeriesCrimeDrama
Kaiyum Kalavum · 2022Kaiyum Kalavum
2022
SeriesCrimeComedy
Serendipity plays matchmaker when it brings together a compulsive thief and an unlucky pickpocket who find themselves being drawn closer to each other with every theft they pull off.
Triples · 2020Triples
★ 7.22020
SeriesComedyDrama
Three friends set out to Goa to deal with a major problem that threatens to ruin their business, and lives. A loan shark, a politician who is on the lookout for his daughter, an ex-wife and a current girlfriend make their journey adventurous.
Snakes & Ladders · 2024Snakes & Ladders
2024
SeriesDramaMystery
Four reckless kids, while trying to cover up an accident, find themselves caught in dangerous situations - chased by cops, dim-witted thugs and their own bad choices.
Kallachirippu · 2018Kallachirippu
★ 7.02018
SeriesCrimeDrama
The series follows 24 year old Mahati (Amrutha Srinivasan) through a series of misadventures that begin after being forced into an arranged marriage. Then the newly married Mahati accidentally stabs her husband to death in self-defense after a heated argument. She then promptly wipes her blood-spattered face and calls her boyfriend to clean up the mess. This sets off a chain of events that the true nature of every character involved in this marriage