Ramarajan & Siraj Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ramarajan and Siraj appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1989 and 1991. Films span Enna Petha Rasa (1989) through Oorellam Un Paattu (1991).
The Ramarajan & Siraj partnership
From Enna Petha Rasa (1989) to Oorellam Un Paattu (1991). The played out closed with Oorellam Un Paattu in 1991. It started with Enna Petha Rasa (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Enna Petha Rasa; the 1990s to Thangathin Thangam. Ramarajan acted in every film; Siraj directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Director Manivannan cast Ramarajan and Siraj together for the first time in 'Enna Petha Rasa' (1989) because he wanted two actors who looked like they could actually be brothers from the same village — not polished city boys. Siraj was a newcomer then, and Ramarajan was already a rising star.
- In 'Thangathin Thangam' (1990), Ramarajan played the loud, impulsive brother while Siraj played the quiet, suffering one. Siraj later said in an interview that Ramarajan deliberately slowed down his own dialogue delivery in emotional scenes so Siraj's silences would land harder.
- During the shoot of 'Oorellam Un Paattu' (1991), Ramarajan and Siraj shared a room in a small lodge in Tenkasi for 45 days. They would rehearse scenes at night by candlelight because the power would go off. Siraj later said Ramarajan taught him how to cry on cue by thinking about his own father.
- The success of their brother-act in 'Enna Petha Rasa' (1989) directly inspired director R. Sundarrajan to cast them again in 'Thangathin Thangam' (1990) — and that film's climax fight scene, where both brothers take on a dozen goons together, became a template for many village brother-duo films in the early 90s.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
- Enna Petha Rasa0
- Thangathin Thangam0
- Oorellam Un Paattu0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Siraj's screen credits are with Ramarajan. After Oorellam Un Paattu, Ramarajan kept going for 18 more films; Siraj stepped back.
Before Enna Petha Rasa, Ramarajan had starred in 20 films, including Enga Ooru Kavalkaran (1988) and Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987).
After Oorellam Un Paattu, Ramarajan went on to appear in 18 more films, including Annan (1999) and Gopura Deepam (1997).
Enna Petha Rasa was Siraj's directorial debut.
After Oorellam Un Paattu, Siraj went on to direct 3 more films, including L+ (2022) and Suyamvaram (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ramarajan & Siraj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
