Bose Venkat & Aadukalam Murugadoss Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Bose Venkat and Aadukalam Murugadoss appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2020 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanni Maadam (2020 — 6.0/10). Films span Kanni Madam (2020) through Good Day (2025).
The Bose Venkat & Aadukalam Murugadoss partnership
Between 2020 and 2025, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. From Kanni Madam (2020) to Good Day (2025). Their most recent film, Good Day, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
It started with Kanni Madam (2020).
The shape of the work
Bose Venkat director in some, actor in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Bose Venkat and Aadukalam Murugadoss first teamed up for Kanni Madam (2020) because Murugadoss specifically requested Venkat for the role of the villain. Venkat was initially hesitant, but Murugadoss convinced him by narrating the entire script in one sitting at a tea stall in Chennai.
- In Kanni Maadam (2020), Murugadoss deliberately slowed down his usual rapid-fire dialogue delivery to match Venkat's measured, menacing pauses. Venkat later said that Murugadoss 'gave him the silence to breathe' in their scenes together.
- On the sets of Nandhi Varman (2023), the two had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the other a box of filter coffee from the nearest stall. Murugadoss lost every single day and ended up spending nearly ₹3,000 on coffee over the shoot.
- Their back-to-back hits in 2020 (Kanni Madam and Kanni Maadam) directly inspired director R. K. Selvamani to cast both of them again in a double-role thriller in 2022 — a project that eventually fell through, but the buzz around their pairing led to Nandhi Varman being greenlit.
- Bose Venkat told a local YouTube channel in 2023: 'Murugadoss doesn't act with me — he fights with me on screen. That's why our scenes feel real. He doesn't give me space, and I don't give him any. That's the deal.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Kanni Maadam
- Nandhi Varman
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 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, Bose Venkat had 48 films behind them; Aadukalam Murugadoss had 17.
Before Kanni Madam, Bose Venkat had directed 48 films, including Thavam (2019) and Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).
After Good Day, Bose Venkat went on to direct 1 more film, including Chellamada Nee Enakku (2026).
Before Kanni Madam, Aadukalam Murugadoss had starred in 17 films, including Visaranai (2016) and 96 (2018).
After Good Day, Aadukalam Murugadoss went on to appear in 1 more film, including Mandaadi (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Bose Venkat & Aadukalam Murugadoss's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Gajaraj is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Gajaraj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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