Thalaivasal Vijay & Mayilsamy Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thalaivasal Vijay and Mayilsamy appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1999 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mugam (1999 — 7.5/10). Films span Mugam (1999) through Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen (2007).
The Thalaivasal Vijay & Mayilsamy partnership
Between 1999 and 2007, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 8 years. 2005 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 8 years, a Thalaivasal–Mayilsamy film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.5. From Mugam (1999) to Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen (2007).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Mugam; the 2000s to Ponniyin Selvan. Thalaivasal Vijay acted in every film; Mayilsamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mayilsamy was a popular TV comedian when director Rajakumaran cast him in Mugam (1999). Thalaivasal Vijay, already a respected character actor, was brought in to play the villain. The two had never shared screen space before, but their first scene together — a tense face-off in a police station — was shot in one take because they kept cracking each other up.
- In Ponniyin Selvan (2005), Vijay played the stern father and Mayilsamy the comic sidekick. Vijay deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery in their scenes together, giving Mayilsamy space to land punchlines. Mayilsamy later said in an interview that Vijay's pauses were like 'a drummer giving the comedian a beat to step into.'
- During the shoot of Nenjil Jil Jil (2006), Mayilsamy's father passed away. Thalaivasal Vijay quietly took over his scenes for two days, standing in for blocking and reading lines off-camera so the director didn't have to reschedule. Mayilsamy never forgot it — he dedicated his next solo stage show to Vijay.
- "Vijay anna is the only actor who can make me forget my lines — because I'm too busy watching him act." — Mayilsamy, in a 2007 interview about Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen.
- Their comic-villain pairing in Mugam (1999) directly inspired director K. S. Ravikumar to cast them together again in the 2002 hit 'Samudhiram' — though that film isn't part of this list. Ravikumar said he wanted 'the same tension and release' they brought to Mugam.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1990s brought 1 film together, anchored by Mugam (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 5 films, averaging 6.6/10.
- Mugam
- Ponniyin Selvan
- Devathayai Kanden
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 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
After Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen, Mayilsamy kept going for 86 more films; Thalaivasal Vijay stepped back.
Before Mugam, Thalaivasal Vijay had starred in 28 films, including Thalaivaasal (1992) and Maamiyar Veedu (1993).
After Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen, Thalaivasal Vijay went on to appear in 56 more films, including Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad (2024) and Kaithi (2019).
Before Mugam, Mayilsamy had starred in 8 films, including Kanni Rasi (1985) and Rasathi Varum Naal (1991).
After Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen, Mayilsamy went on to appear in 86 more films, including Kaatrin Mozhi (2018) and Server Sundaram (2020).
Collaboration Journey
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