Aadukalam Naren & Ashvin Raja Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Aadukalam Naren and Ashvin Raja appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2015 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Eetti (2015 — 6.7/10). Films span Eetti (2015) through Uchathula Shiva (2016).
The Aadukalam Naren & Ashvin Raja partnership
Between 2015 and 2016, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 1 years. 2016 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Eetti (2015) to Uchathula Shiva (2016).
It started with Eetti (2015).
The shape of the work
Aadukalam Naren acted in every film; Ashvin Raja acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ashvin Raja was a first-time director when he cast Aadukalam Naren in Eetti (2015). Naren was already a known face from Aadukalam, but he took a chance on a debutant — and that film became the launchpad for their entire run together.
- In Kanithan (2016), Naren played a cop while Ashvin Raja wrote him as a morally conflicted father figure. Raja later said in an interview that Naren would quietly rewrite his own lines to make the father-son tension feel more real — and Raja kept those rewrites in the final cut.
- During the shoot of Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (2016), Naren and Ashvin Raja shared a room in a small lodge near Tenkasi for three weeks. They'd rehearse scenes at 5 AM before the crew even woke up — just the two of them, running lines in lungis.
- Uchathula Shiva (2016) was the last film they made together. After that, Ashvin Raja shifted to producing web series, and Naren went back to character roles in bigger films. Neither has worked with the other since — but fans still ask on Twitter when they'll reunite.
4 films across 1 decade
- Eetti
- Kanithan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 1 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Uchathula Shiva, Aadukalam Naren kept going for 71 more films; Ashvin Raja stepped back.
Before Eetti, Aadukalam Naren had starred in 24 films, including Aadukalam (2011) and Jigarthanda (2014).
After Uchathula Shiva, Aadukalam Naren went on to appear in 71 more films, including Asuran (2019) and Peddha Kapu - 1 (2023).
Before Eetti, Ashvin Raja had starred in 7 films, including Kumki (2012) and Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010).
After Uchathula Shiva, Ashvin Raja went on to appear in 5 more films, including Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017) and Chennai 2 Bangkok (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Aadukalam Naren & Ashvin Raja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Adharvaa is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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