The biggest Mollywood 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 Mollywood. 68 people qualify.

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#	Person	Films led	Gross led	Biggest	Star power
1	Sangeeth PrathapActor	5	$66M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	92
2	Nivin PaulyActor	3	$56M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	92
3	MohanlalActor	8	$124M	L2: Empuraan	91
4	Mamitha BaijuActor	3	$57M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	90
5	Girish A. D.Director	3	$57M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	90
6	Prithviraj SukumaranActor	7	$111M	L2: Empuraan	89
7	Tovino ThomasActor	9	$93M	L2: Empuraan	86
8	NaslenActor	5	$63M	Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra	85
9	MammoottyActor	8	$57M	Bheeshma Parvam	83
10	SiddiqueActor	5	$56M	Drishyam 3	83
11	Kalyani PriyadarshanActorKollywood	2	$42M	Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra	80
12	Suresh KrishnaActor	2	$40M	Bethlehem Kudumba Unit	80
13	Asif AliActor	5	$48M	2018	77
14	Kunchacko BobanActor	6	$47M	2018	76
15	Jeethu JosephDirector	2	$38M	Drishyam 3	76
16	Basil JosephActor	8	$41M	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	73
17	Prakash VarmaActor	2	$27M	Thudarum	73
18	Aju VargheseActor	2	$23M	Sarvam Maya	71
19	Anaswara RajanActor	5	$36M	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	70
20	Arjun AshokanActor	4	$24M	Bramayugam	67
21	Swathi Das PrabhuActor	3	$22M	Diés Iraé	66
22	Rahul SadasivanDirector	2	$18M	Diés Iraé	64
23	Gibin GopinathActor	2	$19M	Kalamkaval	61
24	JagadishActor	3	$21M	Marco	60
25	Antony VargheseActor	4	$20M	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	58
26	Vineeth SreenivasanActor	3	$16M	Athiradi	57
27	Soubin ShahirActor	3	$21M	Bheeshma Parvam	55
28	Sandeep PradeepActor	3	$15M	Alappuzha Gymkhana	55
29	Ishan ShoukathActor	2	$17M	Marco	54
30	Dinjith AyyathanDirector	2	$15M	Kishkindha Kaandam	54
31	Dulquer SalmaanActor	3	$21M	Kurup	53
32	PriyamaniActorTollywood	2	$17M	Neru	52
33	Pranav MohanlalActor	2	$17M	Diés Iraé	52
34	Nahas HidayathDirector	2	$16M	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	50
35	Sidharth BharathanActor	2	$15M	Bramayugam	50
36	VinayakanActor	2	$14M	Kalamkaval	47
37	Vipin DasDirector	2	$17M	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	46
38	Fahadh FaasilActor	2	$14M	Patriot	45
39	Saiju KurupActor	2	$10M	Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam	42
40	Azees NedumangadActor	2	$16M	Kannur Squad	41
41	Lukman AvaranActor	2	$14M	Alappuzha Gymkhana	39
42	Khalid RahmanDirector	2	$14M	Alappuzha Gymkhana	39
43	Suraj VenjaramooduActor	4	$13M	Jana Gana Mana	39
44	Vishnu AgasthyaActor	2	$12M	Athiradi	39
45	Amal NeeradDirector	2	$16M	Bheeshma Parvam	37
46	Sajin GopuActor	2	$11M	Romancham	35
47	Vishak NairActor	2	$10M	Officer on Duty	35
48	VijayaraghavanActor	2	$10M	Kishkindha Kaandam	32
49	Darshana RajendranActor	2	$13M	Hridayam	31
50	Ganapathi S. PoduvalActor	2	$10M	Alappuzha Gymkhana	29

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 Mollywood films. Figures are as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia, and are indicative rather than audited.