Ilavarasu & Karunakaran Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ilavarasu and Karunakaran appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2012 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Meiyazhagan (2024 — 7.9/10). Films span Kalakalappu (2012) through Meiyazhagan (2024).
The Ilavarasu & Karunakaran partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Meiyazhagan (2024). They saved their best for last — Meiyazhagan (7.9/10) came 12 years in. They didn't share a set between 2016 and 2024.
From Kalakalappu (2012) to Meiyazhagan (2024). Their most recent film, Meiyazhagan, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Kalakalappu; the 2020s to Meiyazhagan. Ilavarasu acted in every film; Karunakaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2020s brought 1 film together, anchored by Meiyazhagan (7.9/10).
- Kalakalappu
- Navarasa Thilagam
- Meiyazhagan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 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
31% of Karunakaran's screen credits are with Ilavarasu. When they first worked together, Ilavarasu had 52 films behind them; Karunakaran had 0.
Before Kalakalappu, Ilavarasu had starred in 52 films, including Autograph (2004) and Meesai Madhavan (2004).
After Meiyazhagan, Ilavarasu went on to appear in 7 more films, including Idli Kadai (2025) and Thaai Kizhavi (2026).
Kalakalappu was Karunakaran's acting debut.
After Meiyazhagan, Karunakaran went on to appear in 9 more films, including Retro (2025) and DNA (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ilavarasu & Karunakaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jayaprakash is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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