Karthik Subbaraj

Director

March 19, 1983 (43 years)

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Biography

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 acclaim and cult status among fans, including Jigarthanda (2014), Iraivi (2016) and Petta (2019). His l…

Filmography

5.4

Navarasa

From amusement to awe, the nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series.

6.5

Retro

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.

6.8

Mahaan

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?

5.5

Jagame Thandhiram

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.

7.2

Petta

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.

7.6

Jigarthanda DoubleX

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.

6.9

Pizza

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.

7.6

Jigarthanda

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.

6.0

Bench Talkies

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.

6.4

Putham Pudhu Kaalai

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.

7.2

Iraivi

Three men try to overcome the problems in their lives not realising the impact their efforts are having on the women in their lives.

6.6

Mercury

Five friends, all affected in some way by a mercury poisoning incident are partying when a freak accident put them on a collision course with an entity that is in no mood to forgive their misgivings.

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Jigarthanda TripleX

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Parallax

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