Major Sundarrajan & Poornam Viswanathan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Major Sundarrajan and Poornam Viswanathan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1971 and 1985. Their highest-rated collaboration was Rickshawkaran (1971 — 7.6/10). Films span Rickshawkaran (1971) through Sri Raghavendra (1985).
The Major Sundarrajan & Poornam Viswanathan partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Naan Vazhavaippen (1979). They didn't share a set between 1971 and 1979. From Rickshawkaran (1971) to Sri Raghavendra (1985).
Naan Vazhavaippen (1979, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. The played out closed with Sri Raghavendra in 1985.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Rickshawkaran; the 1980s to Sri Raghavendra. Major Sundarrajan acted in every film; Poornam Viswanathan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Rickshawkaran (7.6/10).
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.8/10.
- Rickshawkaran
- Naan Vazhavaippen
- Sri Raghavendra
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Major Sundarrajan had 34 films behind them; Poornam Viswanathan had 0.
Before Rickshawkaran, Major Sundarrajan had starred in 34 films, including Major Chandrakanth (1966) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Sri Raghavendra, Major Sundarrajan went on to appear in 17 more films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Iruvar (1997).
Rickshawkaran was Poornam Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Sri Raghavendra, Poornam Viswanathan went on to appear in 14 more films, including Kanmaniye Pesu (1986) and Ore Oru Gramathiley (1987).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Major Sundarrajan & Poornam Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Thengai Srinivasan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Thengai Srinivasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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