The biggest Kollywood names

Star power counts what a person led rather than what they appeared in: the gross of the films they were top-billed in or directed, how that run held up, how many there were, how recent, and how audiences rated them. Every figure is a percentile inside Kollywood. 107 people qualify.

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#	Person	Films led	Gross led	Biggest	Star power
1	Lokesh KanagarajDirector	4	$213M	Leo	99
2	RajinikanthActor	4	$208M	Jailer	91
3	Trisha KrishnanActor	5	$163M	Leo	90
4	Vijay SethupathiActor	6	$104M	Vikram	90
5	Arjun SarjaActorTollywood	4	$99M	Leo	90
6	VijayActor	4	$197M	Leo	88
7	SivakarthikeyanActor	5	$88M	Amaran	88
8	SuriyaActor	5	$112M	Karuppu	87
9	Fahadh FaasilActorMollywood	5	$100M	Vikram	84
10	DhanushActor	8	$87M	Raayan	84
11	Mamitha BaijuActorMollywood	3	$76M	Jana Nayagan	84
12	RJ BalajiActor	2	$72M	Karuppu	83
13	Pooja HegdeActorTollywood	3	$89M	Jana Nayagan	82
14	VikramActor	4	$86M	Ponniyin Selvan: Part I	80
15	Nelson DilipkumarDirector	2	$109M	Jailer	79
16	KarthiActor	5	$88M	Ponniyin Selvan: Part I	79
17	Kamal HaasanActor	3	$88M	Vikram	79
18	Pradeep RanganathanActor	5	$64M	Dragon	79
19	Ravi MohanActor	2	$70M	Ponniyin Selvan: Part I	76
20	Yogi BabuActor	8	$85M	Jailer	74
21	Mani RatnamDirector	2	$70M	Ponniyin Selvan: Part I	74
22	Ajith KumarActor	3	$67M	Good Bad Ugly	73
23	S. J. SuryahActor	6	$56M	Maanaadu	73
24	Sai PallaviActorTollywood	2	$40M	Amaran	73
25	Radhika SarathkumarActor	3	$37M	Vishwanath & Sons	73
26	H. VinothDirector	2	$63M	Jana Nayagan	72
27	Venkat PrabhuDirector	2	$70M	The Greatest of All Time	71
28	Nithya MenenActor	3	$36M	Thiruchitrambalam	71
29	SooriActor	5	$63M	Annaatthe	70
30	Bobby DeolActorBollywood	2	$50M	Jana Nayagan	70
31	Priyanka Arul MohanActor	3	$43M	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	66
32	MysskinActor	2	$28M	Dragon	66
33	Anupama ParameswaranActorTollywood	2	$26M	Dragon	65
34	Karthik SubbarajDirector	2	$27M	Retro	64
35	SivaDirector	2	$45M	Annaatthe	61
36	SathyarajActorTollywood	5	$37M	Mandaadi	61
37	SilambarasanActor	3	$34M	Maanaadu	61
38	Arjun DasActor	2	$28M	Good Bad Ugly	61
39	Sunil VarmaActorTollywood	2	$27M	Good Bad Ugly	61
40	Dushara VijayanActor	3	$27M	Raayan	61
41	Arun MatheswaranDirector	2	$22M	DC	60
42	JayaramActorTollywood	2	$25M	Retro	59
43	Rajisha VijayanActorMollywood	3	$24M	Sardar	59
44	Kayadu LoharActorTollywood	2	$22M	Dragon	58
45	PandirajDirector	2	$30M	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	57
46	Priya Bhavani ShankarActor	2	$28M	Indian 2: Zero Tolerance	55
47	Preity MukhundhanActor	4	$16M	Blast	55
48	Keerthy SureshActorTollywood	3	$40M	Annaatthe	54
49	Ken KarunaasActor	2	$18M	Youth	54
50	SelvaraghavanActor	3	$38M	Beast	52

The method, in full

How star power is scored

Gross led: Reported gross of the films the person was top-billed in (first 4 cast credits, or director), counted once per film.
Consistency: How those films did as a run, so one giant hit does not paper over a string of flops.
Body of work: How many films they have led; quantity helps but does not dominate.
Momentum: Gross led, discounted by age.
Audience rating: How audiences rated the films they led.

Every signal is a percentile among people who have led at least two Kollywood films. Figures are as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia, and are indicative rather than audited.