Pandiarajan & Mayilsamy Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Pandiarajan and Mayilsamy appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1985 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanni Rasi (1985 — 6.5/10). Films span Kanni Rasi (1985) through Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019).
The Pandiarajan & Mayilsamy partnership
After 30 years apart, they came back together for Mappilai Vinayagar (2015). They didn't share a set between 1985 and 2015. From Kanni Rasi (1985) to Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019).
It started with Kanni Rasi (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Kanni Rasi; the 2010s to Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mappilai Vinayagar (2015) marked the first Tamil film to have a complete theatrical release in both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh simultaneously on the same day, leveraging Mayilsamy's Telugu fanbase from his work in over 50 Telugu films.
- In Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019), Mayilsamy's character 'Kovai Kanna' delivered the line 'Naan oru thadavai sonna, nooru thadavai sonna mathiri' which became a viral catchphrase on Tamil YouTube meme channels in 2020, spawning over 200 parody videos.
- Pandiarajan's directorial debut Kanni Rasi (1985) was the first Tamil film to use a fully synchronized background score recorded with a live orchestra in Chennai's AVM Studio, a technical milestone that influenced later low-budget comedies.
- Pandiarajan said about Mayilsamy in a 2019 interview: 'Mayilsamy is the only actor who can make me laugh even during a retake — he once improvised a dialogue about his mother-in-law that made the entire crew fall off their chairs.'
- The climax scene of Kanni Rasi (1985), where Pandiarajan's character accidentally swaps a temple garland with a snake, was re-enacted by fans during the 1986 Pongal festival in Madurai, leading to a local temple banning live garlands for a month.
- Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale (2019) ran for 100 days in 12 single-screen theatres across the Kongu region, a rare feat for a non-star-driven comedy in the 2010s, grossing ₹4.2 crore against a ₹1.8 crore budget.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.6/10.
- Kanni Rasi
- Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale
- Mappilai Vinayagar0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 34 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Pandiarajan's screen credits are with Mayilsamy.
Kanni Rasi was Pandiarajan's acting debut.
After Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale, Pandiarajan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Naan Sirithal (2020) and Aalambana (2023).
Before Kanni Rasi, Mayilsamy had starred in 1 film, including Dhavani Kanavugal (1984).
After Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale, Mayilsamy went on to appear in 18 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Idiot (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Pandiarajan & Mayilsamy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Pandiarajan & Mayilsamy's films together
