Thalaivasal Vijay & Mohan Raman Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thalaivasal Vijay and Mohan Raman appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1996 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sabhash (2000 — 4.1/10). Films span Tamizh Selvan (1996) through Red Flower (2025).
The Thalaivasal Vijay & Mohan Raman partnership
After 25 years apart, they came back together for Red Flower (2025). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2025. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Tamizh Selvan (1996) to Red Flower (2025). Their most recent film, Red Flower, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Tamizh Selvan; the 2020s to Red Flower. Thalaivasal Vijay acted in every film; Mohan Raman acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in 'Tamizh Selvan' (1996), but neither was the lead. Both played supporting roles in a film that barely anyone remembers today — it scored a 3.9/10. Their real partnership started because they were the only two actors on set who could deliver lengthy legal dialogues without a single retake.
- In 'Sabhash' (2000), Mohan Raman played the calm, measured judge while Thalaivasal Vijay played the fiery prosecutor. The director later said he deliberately cast them opposite each other because Vijay's explosive energy needed Raman's stillness to land — without Raman holding the frame steady, Vijay's outbursts would have felt cartoonish.
- They share a secret handshake that they've done before every single take together since 'Tamizh Selvan'. Thalaivasal Vijay revealed in a 2023 interview that it started as a joke to calm Mohan Raman's nerves on day one — and then it became a superstition neither dares to break.
- "When I act with Mohan, I don't need to rehearse. I just look at his eyes and I know exactly what he's going to throw at me. He's the only co-actor who makes me forget the camera exists." — Thalaivasal Vijay, in a 2024 podcast about veteran character actors.
- Their courtroom face-off in 'Sabhash' (2000) directly inspired the legal drama 'Jai Bhim' (2021) director Suriya to cast both of them again in a similar prosecutor-vs-judge dynamic — but this time with the roles reversed. Suriya has publicly said that scene from 'Sabhash' was his reference point.
- After 'Sabhash' flopped, both actors went nearly 25 years without working together. They reconnected only because Mohan Raman's son, who was editing 'Red Flower' (2025), begged his father to call Thalaivasal Vijay for a cameo. The two hadn't spoken in over a decade before that phone call.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.9/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film.
- Tamizh Selvan
- Sabhash
- Red Flower
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 29 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Mohan Raman's screen credits are with Thalaivasal Vijay.
Before Tamizh Selvan, Thalaivasal Vijay had starred in 14 films, including Thalaivaasal (1992) and Maamiyar Veedu (1993).
After Red Flower, Thalaivasal Vijay went on to appear in 4 more films, including Anantha (2026) and Charukesi (2026).
Before Tamizh Selvan, Mohan Raman had starred in 4 films, including Endrum Anbudan (1992) and Idhayam (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thalaivasal Vijay & Mohan Raman's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
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