Sarath Kumar & Prakash Raj Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Aravindhan; the 2020s to Ponniyin Selvan 2. Sarath Kumar acted in every film; Prakash Raj acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• They first shared screen space in Rishi (2001), but the real spark came when director Sarath Kumar cast Prakash Raj as the villain in Dosth (2001) — a role that made Prakash Raj a go-to antagonist in Tamil cinema.
• In Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013), Sarath Kumar played a ruthless cop and Prakash Raj a cunning criminal. Their cat-and-mouse scenes worked because Sarath set the pace with his physicality, and Prakash Raj matched it with his improvisational dialogue — each scene felt like a real chess match.
• Their pairing in Bharath Ane Nenu (2018) — a Telugu blockbuster that crossed 250 crores — directly inspired the trend of casting two senior Tamil actors as political rivals in mainstream Telugu cinema. Films like Sye Raa and Akhanda followed that template.
• Off-screen, they are close friends. Prakash Raj once said in an interview that Sarath Kumar was the first actor to call him 'brother' on set, and they still meet for coffee whenever both are in Chennai.
• Prakash Raj on working with Sarath Kumar: 'He doesn't act — he lives the character. I had to raise my game every time we shared a frame.' (From a 2018 interview with The Hindu)
• In Ponniyin Selvan 2 (2023), they played father and son — Sarath Kumar as the stern Periya Pazhuvettarayar and Prakash Raj as the conflicted Sundara Chozhar. The emotional weight came from Sarath's controlled rage and Prakash Raj's vulnerability, a switch from their usual villain-hero dynamic.