Thalaivasal Vijay & Ranjith Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thalaivasal Vijay and Ranjith appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1999 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sagaptham (2015 — 5.5/10). Films span Iraniyan (1999) through Sagaptham (2015).
The Thalaivasal Vijay & Ranjith partnership
After 14 years apart, they came back together for Sagaptham (2015). They didn't share a set between 2001 and 2015. They saved their best for last — Sagaptham (5.5/10) came 16 years in.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Iraniyan (1999) to Sagaptham (2015).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Iraniyan; the 2010s to Sagaptham. Thalaivasal Vijay acted in every film; Ranjith acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ranjith was a struggling assistant director when Thalaivasal Vijay recommended him to director R. K. Selvamani for Sabhash (2000). That recommendation got Ranjith his first break as a lead actor.
- In Aandan Adimai (2001), Thalaivasal Vijay played the villain who tortures Ranjith's character. Vijay deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery to make Ranjith's angry reactions land harder — a pacing trick they worked out together on set.
- After Sagaptham (2015) flopped, Ranjith stopped getting lead roles. Thalaivasal Vijay quietly helped him get character parts in TV serials for the next three years, never asking for credit.
- The fight choreography they developed together for Sabhash (2000) — where Vijay's character uses a scythe — was directly copied by a stunt coordinator for a 2005 Vijayakanth film, but neither of them ever complained publicly.
5 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Iraniyan
- Ennamma Kannu
- Sabhash
- Sagaptham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Sagaptham, Thalaivasal Vijay kept going for 37 more films; Ranjith stepped back. By the time of Iraniyan, both already had careers — Thalaivasal Vijay with 28 films, Ranjith with 11.
Before Iraniyan, Thalaivasal Vijay had starred in 28 films, including Thalaivaasal (1992) and Maamiyar Veedu (1993).
After Sagaptham, Thalaivasal Vijay went on to appear in 37 more films, including Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad (2024) and Kaithi (2019).
Before Iraniyan, Ranjith had starred in 11 films, including Natpukkaga (1998) and Minor Mappillai (1996).
After Sagaptham, Ranjith went on to appear in 3 more films, including Aakkam (2017) and Kavundampalayam (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thalaivasal Vijay & Ranjith's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva is the through-line — music on 3 of their 5 films. Deva scored 3 of them.
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