Suruli rajan & V. Gopalakrishnan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suruli rajan and V. Gopalakrishnan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1979 and 1981. Their highest-rated collaboration was Dharma Yuddham (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Dharma Yuddham (1979) through Sankarlal (1981).
The Suruli rajan & V. Gopalakrishnan partnership
Between 1979 and 1981, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 2 years. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.5. From Dharma Yuddham (1979) to Sankarlal (1981).
Sankarlal (1981, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. The spanned closed with Sankarlal in 1981.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Dharma Yuddham; the 1980s to Johnny. Suruli rajan acted in every film; V. Gopalakrishnan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 1 film together, anchored by Dharma Yuddham (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 4 films together, anchored by Johnny (7.5/10).
- Dharma Yuddham
- Johnny
- Polladhavan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Sankarlal, V. Gopalakrishnan kept going for 21 more films; Suruli rajan stepped back. By the time of Dharma Yuddham, both already had careers — Suruli rajan with 25 films, V. Gopalakrishnan with 16.
Before Dharma Yuddham, Suruli rajan had starred in 25 films, including Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala (1978) and En Kelvikku Enna Bathil (1978).
After Sankarlal, Suruli rajan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Hitler Umanath (1982) and Kashmir Kadhali (1983).
Before Dharma Yuddham, V. Gopalakrishnan had starred in 16 films, including Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973) and Velli Vizha (1972).
After Sankarlal, V. Gopalakrishnan went on to appear in 21 more films, including Ninaivellam Nithya (1982) and Vazhvey Maayam (1982).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Suruli rajan & V. Gopalakrishnan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 5 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them. Rajinikanth appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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