Vinu Chakravarthy & Charle Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vinu Chakravarthy and Charle appeared together in 13 Tamil films between 1987 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ore Oru Gramathiley (1987 — 6.0/10). Films span Ore Oru Gramathiley (1987) through Desingu Raja (2013).
The Vinu Chakravarthy & Charle partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Ninaithen Vandhai (1998). They didn't share a set between 1988 and 1998. 2002 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. From Ore Oru Gramathiley (1987) to Desingu Raja (2013).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Ore Oru Gramathiley; the 2010s to Desingu Raja. Vinu Chakravarthy acted in every film; Charle acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Ore Oru Gramathiley (1987), was a low-budget village drama. Charle was a theatre actor making his film debut. Vinu Chakravarthy, already a known character actor, personally recommended him to the director after seeing him in a stage play.
- In Parthen Rasithen (2000), Vinu played a stern father and Charle played his comic sidekick. Vinu would deliberately flub his lines in rehearsals to make Charle improvise on the spot. Charle later said those unscripted moments became the film's funniest scenes.
- On the sets of Gemini (2002), Vinu and Charle shared a room in a cheap lodge near the shooting spot. Every night, they would rehearse the next day's scenes by acting them out in full costume for each other — sometimes waking up the other guests.
- Their 2001 film Pandavar Bhoomi was the first Tamil movie to feature both actors in a father-son dynamic that later became a template for several family comedies in the early 2000s, including the hit TV series 'Marmadesam' which cast Charle in a similar role.
13 films across 4 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.2/10.
The 2000s accounted for 7 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.7/10.
- Ore Oru Gramathiley
- Ullathil Nalla Ullam
- Amarkalam
- Nilaave Vaa
- Alaudin
- Thenkasi Pattanam
- Desingu Raja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 26 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Vinu Chakravarthy's screen credits are with Charle. After Desingu Raja, Charle kept going for 26 more films; Vinu Chakravarthy stepped back.
Before Ore Oru Gramathiley, Vinu Chakravarthy had starred in 15 films, including Mann Vasanai (1983) and Muthal Vasantham (1986).
After Desingu Raja, Vinu Chakravarthy went on to appear in 2 more films, including Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014) and Jothi (2022).
Before Ore Oru Gramathiley, Charle had starred in 8 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Thanneer Thanneer (1981).
After Desingu Raja, Charle went on to appear in 26 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Joe (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vinu Chakravarthy & Charle's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charlie is the through-line — cast on 13 of their 13 films. Bharadwaj scored 4 of them. Charlie appears alongside them in 13 films — practically a third lead.
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