Jaishankar & Rajkokila Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jaishankar and Rajkokila appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1972 and 1980. Films span Ganga (1972) through Jambu (1980).
The Jaishankar & Rajkokila partnership
Between 1972 and 1980, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 8 years. From Ganga (1972) to Jambu (1980). The spanned closed with Jambu in 1980.
It started with Ganga (1972).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Ganga; the 1980s to Jambu. Jaishankar acted in every film; Rajkokila acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Jaishankar was already a star when he agreed to do Ganga (1972), but he specifically asked for Rajkokila as his heroine after seeing her in a small role. He told the director she had 'fire in her eyes' — and that single recommendation launched their five-film run.
- On the sets of Jakkamma (1972), Jaishankar would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery so Rajkokila could match his rhythm. She later said he 'carried her through every scene' in that film — it was only her second movie ever.
- Their film Ore Thandhai (1976) was the first Tamil movie to feature a double-role for a female lead — Rajkokila played twin sisters. That performance directly inspired later Tamil films like 'Mouna Ragam' to experiment with dual roles for women.
- After Jambu (1980) flopped, Jaishankar and Rajkokila never spoke again. No public fight — just a quiet drift. Rajkokila later told a magazine that he 'stopped returning her calls' and she never found out why.
- Rajkokila once said in a 1981 interview: 'Jaishankar was the only hero who never tried to overshadow me on screen. He let me take the close-ups. That's rare in this industry.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 4 films.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Ganga0
- Jakkamma0
- Jambu0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Rajkokila's screen credits are with Jaishankar. When they first worked together, Jaishankar had 64 films behind them; Rajkokila had 0. After Jambu, Jaishankar kept going for 78 more films; Rajkokila stepped back.
Before Ganga, Jaishankar had starred in 64 films, including Pattanathil Bhootham (1967) and Kuzhandaiyum Daivamum (1965).
After Jambu, Jaishankar went on to appear in 78 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Garjanai (1981).
Ganga was Rajkokila's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jaishankar & Rajkokila's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 5 of their 5 films. Sankar Ganesh scored 5 of them.
