Anandaraj & Charan Raj Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anandaraj and Charan Raj appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1988 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Baashha (1995 — 5.7/10). Films span Kalicharan (1988) through Seema Simham (2002).
The Anandaraj & Charan Raj partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Kalicharan (1988) to Seema Simham (2002). The work is uneven: Baashha (5.7) at one end, Kalicharan (1.0) at the other.
The unfolded closed with Seema Simham in 2002. It started with Kalicharan (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Kalicharan; the 2000s to Seema Simham. Anandaraj acted in every film; Charan Raj acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- For Kalicharan (1988), director R. Thyagarajan cast Anandaraj as the villain and Charan Raj as the hero. That first film set the template: Anandaraj played the antagonist in all four of their movies together.
- In Baashha (1995), Anandaraj’s character was the loud, physical bully — but Charan Raj’s role as the quiet, loyal brother-in-law balanced him. Charan Raj’s stillness made Anandaraj’s rage pop harder.
- Charan Raj once said in an interview that Anandaraj was the only co-star who would call him before every shoot to discuss the scene’s beat-by-beat rhythm — even for small roles. They never had a single on-set argument.
- Their third film together, Arasiyal (1997), was a political thriller that directly inspired a wave of low-budget political dramas in Tamil B-movies over the next five years — though the film itself flopped.
- Charan Raj once told a fan blog: 'Anandaraj and I never needed a director to tell us how to fight on screen. We just looked at each other and knew the rhythm.'
4 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 1.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.0/10.
- Kalicharan
- Baashha
- Arasiyal
- Seema Simham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Seema Simham, Anandaraj kept going for 66 more films; Charan Raj stepped back.
Kalicharan was Anandaraj's acting debut.
After Seema Simham, Anandaraj went on to appear in 66 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Kanne Kalaimaane (2019).
Before Kalicharan, Charan Raj had starred in 1 film, including Pratighaat (1987).
After Seema Simham, Charan Raj went on to appear in 16 more films, including Athadu (2005) and Paisa (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Anandaraj & Charan Raj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jai Ganesh is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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