Kalabhavan Mani & Thalaivasal Vijay Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kalabhavan Mani and Thalaivasal Vijay appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2003 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bose (2004 — 7.0/10). Films span Jay Jay (2003) through Kalaivendhan (2015).
The Kalabhavan Mani & Thalaivasal Vijay partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Kalaivendhan (2015). They didn't share a set between 2005 and 2015. Remarkably even — every film rates between 5.8 and 7.0.
From Jay Jay (2003) to Kalaivendhan (2015). Bose is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Bose; the 2010s to Kalaivendhan. Kalabhavan Mani acted in every film; Thalaivasal Vijay acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s brought 4 films together, anchored by Bose (7.0/10).
The 2010s brought 1 film together, anchored by Kalaivendhan (7.0/10).
- Bose
- Aai
- Kalaivendhan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
45% of Kalabhavan Mani's screen credits are with Thalaivasal Vijay. When they first worked together, Kalabhavan Mani had 4 films behind them; Thalaivasal Vijay had 46. After Kalaivendhan, Thalaivasal Vijay kept going for 37 more films; Kalabhavan Mani stepped back.
Before Jay Jay, Kalabhavan Mani had starred in 4 films, including Vaanchinathan (2001) and Gemini (2002).
After Kalaivendhan, Kalabhavan Mani went on to appear in 2 more films, including Love Guru (2016) and Pudhusa Naan Poranthen (2016).
Before Jay Jay, Thalaivasal Vijay had starred in 46 films, including Thalaivaasal (1992) and Mugam (1999).
After Kalaivendhan, Thalaivasal Vijay went on to appear in 37 more films, including Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad (2024) and Kaithi (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kalabhavan Mani & Thalaivasal Vijay's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Srikanth Deva is the through-line — music on 3 of their 5 films. Srikanth Deva scored 3 of them.
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