Radha & Sivakumar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Radha and Sivakumar appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1982 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Anandha Ragam (1982 — 7.5/10). Films span Anandha Ragam (1982) through Marupakkam (1991).
The Radha & Sivakumar partnership
From Anandha Ragam (1982) to Marupakkam (1991). Anandha Ragam is the one most viewers reach for. The unfolded closed with Marupakkam in 1991.
It started with Anandha Ragam (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Anandha Ragam; the 1990s to Marupakkam. Radha acted in every film; Sivakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Radha was the bigger star when they first paired up for Anandha Ragam (1982). Sivakumar was already established, but she was the one who insisted on doing the film after the director hesitated — she felt his intensity would balance her energy.
- In Manidhanin Marupakkam (1986), Sivakumar deliberately underplayed every scene opposite Radha. He told the director he wanted her emotional outbursts to hit harder — so he stayed quiet and let her carry the weight. It worked: that film got both of them critical praise.
- Their last film together, Marupakkam (1991), was the first Tamil film to win the National Award for Best Feature Film. That win directly inspired a wave of small-budget, actor-driven Tamil dramas in the early 90s — films like Thevar Magan and Nammavar owe a debt to this pairing's risk.
- On the sets of Ayiram Muthangal (1982), Radha and Sivakumar had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy lunch for the entire crew. Sivakumar lost almost every day — Radha said he was too busy perfecting his pauses to remember his dialogues.
- Radha once said in a 1992 interview: 'Sivakumar sir never treated me like a co-star. He treated me like a student he was proud of. I learned more about silence from him than I did about dialogue.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 3 films together, anchored by Anandha Ragam (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Anandha Ragam
- Manidhanin Marupakkam
- Marupakkam0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
40% of Radha's screen credits are with Sivakumar. When they first worked together, Radha had 1 films behind them; Sivakumar had 81. After Marupakkam, Sivakumar kept going for 29 more films; Radha stepped back.
Before Anandha Ragam, Radha had starred in 1 film, including Alaigal Oivathillai (1981).
After Marupakkam, Radha went on to appear in 5 more films, including Adavadi (2007) and Game (2002).
Before Anandha Ragam, Sivakumar had starred in 81 films, including Arangetram (1973) and Annai Velankanni (1971).
After Marupakkam, Sivakumar went on to appear in 29 more films, including Kathir (2022) and Raman Abdullah (1997).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Radha & Sivakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 3 of their 4 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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