Top 10 Best Movies Of Mani Ratnam On IMDb & Where To Watch Them
Mani Ratnam – the magic filmmaker in India who doesn’t need any introduction. Mani Ratnam made his movie debut with the Kannada movie ‘Pallavi Anu Pallavi’, which resulted as a disaster at the box office. Then he made Unaro in Malayalam with Mohan Lal, and Pagal Nilavu in Tamil but these movies also didn’t do well at the box office.
Then Mani Ratnam made his mark with the Mouna Raagam movie, which is the first commercial hit and won National Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Later Mani made Nayakan with Kamal Haasan in 1987 which became a cult hit and bring national wide recognition to Mani Ratnam. Mani Ratnam never looked back after Nayak as he went on to deliver a classic hit like Iruvar, Roja, Bombay to ALaipayuthey and epic movies like Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 and 2.
Today Mani Ratnam is one of the legendary directors in Indian Cinema who left his mark with unique passion and love towards cinema. There is no replacement for Mani Ratnam and his movies, the movies of Mani Ratnam like Nayakan, Roja, Iruvar, and Alaipayuthey will be forever classics in Indian Cinema.
Every movie of Mani Ratnam is a gem in its own way…and here take a look at the best movies of Ponniyin Selvan Director Mani Ratnam in this listicle.
10. Roja – IMDB Rating 8.1/10
Mani Ratnam Roja movie is ahead of it’s time and discussed India-Pakistan Jammu Kashmir Conflict in a very hard-hitting way. Roja movie starts as a romantic drama but ends with patriotic touch which only Mani Ratnam can do.
Forever Thankful To Mani Ratnam, as he introduced gem like a AR Rahman to Indian Cinema with Roja movie.
Available On: Prime Video
9. Bombay – IMDB Rating 8.1/10
Bombay movie directed by Mani Ratnam is also ahead of its time to discuss sensitive issues like Hindi-Muslim religious issues. Mani sir made this movie as an epic love story between a Brahmin male and a Muslim girl and gives a message with love wins over religious chaos.
Available On: Prime Video
8. Anjali – IMDB Rating 8.2/10
Anjali is a movie about kids and their honest thoughts, love, and affection being kids. Anjali movie explores the idea of how one should treat kids and love them without hatred for how they are.
Available On: Prime Video
7. Alaipayuthey – IMDB Rating 8.3/10
Alaiputythey is one of the best love stories made in Indian Cinema. A simple love story between youngsters who fell in love, marry against their parents, and struggle to survive after marriage.
Available On: Prime Video
6. Geethanjali – IMDB Rating 8.3/10
Mani Ratnam was highly inspired by Nobel Award-winning Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali novel. Mani sir made Geethanjali movie with fiction to it in which Nagarjuna and Girija gave their career-best performance as lovers.
Available On: Prime Video
5. Mouna Ragam – IMDB Rating 8.4/10
Mouna Raagam is the first breakthrough for Mani Ratnam. This romantic drama talks about the women, their choices, their marriage thoughts, and post-marriage scenarios in a sensible way.
Available On: Prime Video
4. Kannathil Muthamittal IMDB Rating 8.4/10
Kannathil Muthamittal is a story of parents and their beloved daughter whom they actually adopt. Coming to a certain age daughter realizes that she is an adopted child and searches for her biological mother in a war-zoned Srilanka.
3. Iruvar – IMDB Rating 8.4/10
Iruvar is a political drama movie based on the real lives of MGR and M Karunanidhi. This movie is a classic in every possible for portraying friendship, love, romance, and politics in a brilliant way.
Available On: Prime Video
2. Thalapathi – IMDB Rating 8.5/10
Thalapathi is One of the best movies in Indian Cinema. Thalapathi is partially inspired by the characters of Karna And Duryodhana of Mahabharata. Rajinikanth as Surya, Mammotty as Devaraj lived in their respective roles and Ilaiyaraja gave a classic background score to the evergreen classic.
Available On: Thalapathi
1. Nayakan – IMDB Rating 8.6/10
Nayakan is one of the best gangster drama movies ever made in Indian Cinema. Inspired by the Hollywood classic The Godfather, Nayakan is based on the story of Tamil Gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar who stood for Tamialians in Mumbai.
Available On: Prime Video
