S. A. Chandrasekhar & Vijayakanth Movies Together List — 19 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s account for 84% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Sattam Oru Iruttarai; the 1990s to Sendhoorapandi. S. A. Chandrasekhar director in some, actor in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• S. A. Chandrasekhar was a struggling assistant director when he first approached Vijayakanth for Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981). Vijayakanth was already a rising star, but he agreed to work with a debutant director because he liked the script's raw energy. That film became a massive hit and launched both their careers together.
• Chandrasekhar wrote most of his scripts with Vijayakanth's specific body language in mind. He knew Vijayakanth could deliver intense, silent rage better than long dialogues. So he packed their films with scenes where Vijayakanth just glares or moves slowly — and audiences ate it up.
• Their 1984 film Vetri was the first Tamil movie to feature a police officer as the main hero who doesn't sing or dance. That template — a stoic, action-heavy cop — directly inspired dozens of later cop films in Tamil cinema, including some of Vijayakanth's own later hits.
• Vijayakanth never called Chandrasekhar by his name. He always addressed him as 'Sir' or 'Anna' (elder brother), even after 19 films. Chandrasekhar once said in an interview that Vijayakanth would stand up whenever he entered the room — even years after they stopped working together.
• Chandrasekhar once said: 'Vijayakanth is the only actor who never asked me to change a single line in my script. He trusted me blindly. That trust made me write bolder stories.'
• Their 1993 film Sendhoorapandi introduced a new kind of villain — a suave, urban gangster played by a young actor named R. Sarathkumar. That film gave Sarathkumar his breakthrough, and he went on to become a major star and later a politician, directly riding the wave Chandrasekhar and Vijayakanth created.