Sarath Kumar & Raghuvaran Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sarath Kumar and Raghuvaran appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1990 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990 — 4.4/10). Films span Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990) through Dosth (2001).
The Sarath Kumar & Raghuvaran partnership
From Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990) to Dosth (2001). The unfolded closed with Dosth in 2001. It started with Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Puriyaadha Pudhir; the 2000s to Dosth. Sarath Kumar acted in every film; Raghuvaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990), director Manobala cast Sarath Kumar and Raghuvaran as brothers after seeing them at a mutual friend's party. They had never met before that night.
- In Puriyaadha Pudhir, Raghuvaran played the calm, collected elder brother while Sarath Kumar played the hot-headed younger one. Sarath later said Raghuvaran's stillness on set forced him to dial up his own energy to match the contrast.
- During the disastrous Nadodi Mannan (1995) shoot, Raghuvaran and Sarath Kumar shared a room in a cheap lodge for three weeks. They spent nights rewriting their own dialogues because the original script was unusable.
- Sarath Kumar once said in an interview: 'Raghuvaran never raised his voice on set. But when he looked at you, you felt like you had to give your best. I learned silence from him.'
- The only reason Dosth (2001) got made was because Sarath Kumar personally called Raghuvaran after a 6-year gap and asked him to do a cameo. Raghuvaran agreed on one condition: they shoot all his scenes in a single day.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 2.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.8/10.
- Puriyaadha Pudhir
- Aranmanai Kaavalan
- Dosth
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Dosth, Sarath Kumar kept going for 52 more films; Raghuvaran stepped back.
Before Puriyaadha Pudhir, Sarath Kumar had starred in 1 film, including Kan Simittum Neram (1988).
After Dosth, Sarath Kumar went on to appear in 52 more films, including Peranbu (2019) and Por Thozhil (2023).
Before Puriyaadha Pudhir, Raghuvaran had starred in 25 films, including Ezhavathu Manithan (1982) and Irandil Ondru (1988).
After Dosth, Raghuvaran went on to appear in 28 more films, including Naani (2004) and Sivappathigaram (2006).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sarath Kumar & Raghuvaran's professional partnership
