Prabhu & Rahman Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prabhu and Rahman appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1988 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Billa (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam (1988) through Ennamo Nadakkudhu (2014).
The Prabhu & Rahman partnership
After 19 years apart, they came back together for Billa (2007). They didn't share a set between 1988 and 2007. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam (1988) to Ennamo Nadakkudhu (2014). It started with Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam; the 2010s to Ennamo Nadakkudhu. Prabhu acted in every film; Rahman acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For their first film together, Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam (1988), director R. Sundarrajan cast Prabhu as the lead. But the role of the villain? He picked Rahman — then a newcomer with zero Tamil film experience. Rahman had only done a few Malayalam films. Sundarrajan took a gamble that paid off.
- In Billa (2007), Prabhu played the menacing underworld don. Rahman played the cop chasing him. Their face-off scenes had no dialogue for minutes — just stares. Rahman later said Prabhu’s stillness forced him to raise his own intensity. They made each other act with their eyes.
- After Billa became a blockbuster, Prabhu and Rahman stayed in touch. But by Ennamo Nadakkudhu (2014), they barely spoke on set. The film was a low-budget thriller shot in 30 days. No one from the crew remembers them sharing a meal or a laugh. The spark was gone.
- Billa (2007) directly launched the trend of slick, stylized gangster films in Tamil cinema. Every major director who made a gangster film after 2007 — from Anees Bazmee to Lokesh Kanagaraj — has cited Billa as a reference. Prabhu and Rahman’s cold war on screen became the template.
- Rahman once said in an interview: 'Prabhu sir doesn't act. He just becomes the character. When I faced him in Billa, I had to forget I was acting. Otherwise, he would eat me alive.'
3 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam0
- Billa
- Ennamo Nadakkudhu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 26 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, Prabhu had 50 films behind them; Rahman had 3. After Ennamo Nadakkudhu, Prabhu kept going for 37 more films; Rahman stepped back.
Before Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam, Prabhu had starred in 50 films, including Naam (1985) and Anbe Odivaa (1984).
After Ennamo Nadakkudhu, Prabhu went on to appear in 37 more films, including PT Sir (2024) and Kiss (2025).
Before Oruvar Vazhum Aalayam, Rahman had starred in 3 films, including Anbulla Appa (1987) and Kanne Kaniyamedhe (1986).
After Ennamo Nadakkudhu, Rahman went on to appear in 12 more films, including Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016) and Seven (2019).
Collaboration Journey
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