Anandaraj & Karunakaran Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anandaraj and Karunakaran appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2017 and 2026. Their highest-rated collaboration was Silukkuvarupatti Singam (2018 — 5.2/10). Films span Vallavanukkum Vallavan (2017) through Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026).
The Anandaraj & Karunakaran partnership
From Vallavanukkum Vallavan (2017) to Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026). Their most recent film, Vaa Vaathiyaar, came out in 2026 — the partnership is still active. It started with Vallavanukkum Vallavan (2017).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Silukkuvarupatti Singam; the 2020s to Vaa Vaathiyaar. Anandaraj acted in every film; Karunakaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For their first film together, Vallavanukkum Vallavan (2017), Karunakaran was actually a last-minute replacement. The original actor dropped out, and Anandaraj personally recommended Karunakaran to the director after seeing him in a small comedy role.
- In Silukkuvarupatti Singam (2018), Anandaraj played the straight-faced, intimidating villain while Karunakaran handled all the comic relief. The trick was that Karunakaran would deliberately flub his lines to make Anandaraj break character — and the director kept those takes in the final cut.
- Between the 2017 and 2023 versions of Vallavanukkum Vallavan, the two actors didn't speak for nearly two years. A misunderstanding over a missed call during the 2018 film's release strained things. They only patched up when a mutual friend forced them into the same room for a coffee in 2021.
- Karunakaran once said in a 2019 interview: 'Anandaraj sir doesn't laugh easily on set. So I made it my mission to make him laugh at least once per shoot. If I failed, I'd buy him tea.'
- The success of Silukkuvarupatti Singam (2018) directly led to a wave of 'village comedy-thriller' films in Tamil cinema over the next two years — at least four low-budget copies tried to replicate the exact same duo dynamic of a loud comic sidekick and a silent, menacing antagonist.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.7/10.
- Silukkuvarupatti Singam
- Vallavanukkum Vallavan0
- Vaa Vaathiyaar
- Vallavanukkum Vallavan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 9 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, Anandaraj had 97 films behind them; Karunakaran had 32.
Before Vallavanukkum Vallavan, Anandaraj had starred in 97 films, including Meesai Madhavan (2004) and Raghavendra (2003).
Before Vallavanukkum Vallavan, Karunakaran had starred in 32 films, including Indru Netru Naalai (2015) and Jigarthanda (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Anandaraj & Karunakaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Appukutty is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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