Sriman & Vijayakanth Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sriman and Vijayakanth appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 2000 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thennavan (2003 — 6.5/10). Films span Vallarasu (2000) through Engal Aasan (2009).
The Sriman & Vijayakanth partnership
2001 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Vallarasu (2000) to Engal Aasan (2009). For 9 years, a Sriman–Vijayakanth film arrived almost every year.
It started with Vallarasu (2000).
The shape of the work
Sriman acted in every film; Vijayakanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Vijayakanth personally called Sriman to offer him a role in Vallarasu (2000) after seeing his work in a small film. Sriman later said that call changed his career overnight.
- In Chokka Thangam (2003), Vijayakanth deliberately slowed down his usual intense delivery so Sriman’s comic timing could breathe. Sriman then fed him punchlines that made the action-hero look funnier than ever.
- Their pairing in Thavasi (2001) directly launched the trend of the 'hero with a loyal sidekick who gets his own emotional track' — a template later copied by at least five Vijayakanth films in the 2000s.
- On the sets of Vaanchinathan (2001), Sriman would bring homemade snacks for the entire crew every Friday. Vijayakanth quietly matched it by ordering biryani for everyone on Saturdays — neither ever acknowledged it publicly.
- Sriman once told a magazine: 'Vijayakanth sir never treated me like a side actor. He’d ask my opinion on his dialogues. That’s why I gave him 8 films without asking for a single date change.'
- In Thennavan (2003), Sriman improvised a whole scene where his character teaches Vijayakanth’s character how to dance. Vijayakanth kept the take because Sriman’s ad-libbed laughter made him genuinely crack up on camera.
8 films across 1 decade
- Thennavan
- Arasangam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 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
When they first worked together, Sriman had 7 films behind them; Vijayakanth had 128. After Engal Aasan, Sriman kept going for 39 more films; Vijayakanth stepped back.
Before Vallarasu, Sriman had starred in 7 films, including Love Today (1997) and Sethu (1999).
After Engal Aasan, Sriman went on to appear in 39 more films, including Guardian (2024) and Master (2020).
Before Vallarasu, Vijayakanth had starred in 128 films, including Parvayin Marupakkam (1982) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Engal Aasan, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 4 more films, including Sagaptham (2015) and Virudhagiri (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sriman & Vijayakanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nassar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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