Kovai Sarala & Yuvan Shankar Raja Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-16 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kovai Sarala and Yuvan Shankar Raja appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1999 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maareesan (2025 — 7.2/10). Films span Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) through Maareesan (2025).
The Kovai Sarala & Yuvan Shankar Raja partnership
After 20 years apart, they came back together for Viswasam (2019). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2019. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) to Maareesan (2025). Their most recent film, Maareesan, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poovellam Kettuppar; the 2020s to Maareesan. Never on the same side of the camera — Kovai Sarala actor, Yuvan Shankar Raja music composer, across all 3 films. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.9/10.
The 2020s brought 1 film together, anchored by Maareesan (7.2/10).
- Poovellam Kettuppar
- Viswasam
- Maareesan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 26 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Yuvan Shankar Raja's screen credits are with Kovai Sarala. When they first worked together, Kovai Sarala had 46 films behind them; Yuvan Shankar Raja had 3.
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Kovai Sarala had starred in 46 films, including Mundhanai Mudichu (1983) and Chinna Vathiyar (1995).
After Maareesan, Kovai Sarala went on to appear in 2 more films, including Seetha Payanam (2026) and Lucky the Superstar (2026).
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Yuvan Shankar Raja had starred in 3 films, including Aravindhan (1997) and Kalyana Galatta (1998).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vadivelu is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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