Major Sundarrajan & Jayamalini Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Major Sundarrajan and Jayamalini appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1978 and 1984. Films span Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) through Sarithira Nayagan (1984).
The Major Sundarrajan & Jayamalini partnership
From Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) to Sarithira Nayagan (1984). The played out closed with Sarithira Nayagan in 1984. It started with Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Thai Meethu Sathiyam; the 1980s to Yamanukku Yaman. Major Sundarrajan acted in every film; Jayamalini acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 2 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Jayamalini's screen credits are with Major Sundarrajan. When they first worked together, Major Sundarrajan had 79 films behind them; Jayamalini had 0. After Sarithira Nayagan, Major Sundarrajan kept going for 25 more films; Jayamalini stepped back.
Before Thai Meethu Sathiyam, Major Sundarrajan had starred in 79 films, including Major Chandrakanth (1966) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Sarithira Nayagan, Major Sundarrajan went on to appear in 25 more films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Iruvar (1997).
Thai Meethu Sathiyam was Jayamalini's acting debut.
After Sarithira Nayagan, Jayamalini went on to appear in 3 more films, including Naam (1985) and Maha Shaktimaan (1985).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Major Sundarrajan & Jayamalini's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivaji Ganesan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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