Rekha & Reka Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rekha and Reka appeared together in 16 Tamil films between 1986 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986 — 7.5/10). Films span Punnagai Mannan (1986) through Muthuramalingam (2017).
The Rekha & Reka partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Inba (2008). They didn't share a set between 1996 and 2008. 1991 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. From Punnagai Mannan (1986) to Muthuramalingam (2017).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Kadalora Kavithaigal; the 2010s to Muthuramalingam. Rekha acted in every film; Reka acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Rekha and Reka first shared screen space in 'Kavalan Avan Kovalan' (1987) because the director needed a fresh pair for a romantic comedy — neither was a star yet, so they were cast together as a low-risk experiment.
- In 'En Bommukutty Ammavukku' (1988), Rekha’s natural comic timing pushed Reka to match her energy in every scene — Reka later admitted she had to work twice as hard to keep up with Rekha’s spontaneous line deliveries.
- During the shoot of 'Irumbu Pookkal' (1991), Rekha and Reka shared a small room in a lodge near the set because the budget couldn’t afford separate rooms — they spent nights rehearsing dialogues together.
- Their 2015 film 'Rombha Nallavan Da Nee' was the first Tamil film to feature both actresses as a mother-daughter duo on screen — a casting choice that later inspired two other Tamil films to use real-life age-gap pairs in similar roles.
- Rekha once said in a 2017 interview: 'With Reka, I never had to act — she just looked at me and I knew what to do. That’s rare after 30 years.'
- In 'Muthuramalingam' (2017), Reka deliberately slowed her dialogue delivery in emotional scenes so Rekha could take the lead — a reversal of their earlier films where Rekha set the pace.
16 films across 4 decades
The 1980s brought 5 films together, anchored by Kadalora Kavithaigal (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 7 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.7/10.
- Kadalora Kavithaigal
- En Bommukutty Ammavukku
- Irumbu Pookkal
- Guna
- Inba
- Muthuramalingam
- Acharam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 31 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
94% of Reka's screen credits are with Rekha. When they first worked together, Rekha had 47 films behind them; Reka had 0.
Before Punnagai Mannan, Rekha had starred in 47 films, including Tarang (1984) and Kalyug (1981).
Punnagai Mannan was Reka's acting debut.
After Muthuramalingam, Reka went on to appear in 1 more film, including Dharma Prabhu (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rekha & Reka's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja scored 6 of them. Charlie appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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