Samuthirakani & Bharathiraja Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Samuthirakani and Bharathiraja appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2019 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thiru.Manickam (2024 — 6.5/10). Films span Kennedy Club (2019) through Thiru.Manickam (2024).
The Samuthirakani & Bharathiraja partnership
From Kennedy Club (2019) to Thiru.Manickam (2024). Their most recent film, Thiru.Manickam, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. It started with Kennedy Club (2019).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Namma Veettu Pillai; the 2020s to Thiru.Manickam. Samuthirakani acted in every film; Bharathiraja acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Namma Veettu Pillai
- Kennedy Club
- Thiru.Manickam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Kennedy Club, both already had careers — Samuthirakani with 53 films, Bharathiraja with 46.
Before Kennedy Club, Samuthirakani had starred in 53 films, including Rajini Murugan (2016) and Visaranai (2016).
After Thiru.Manickam, Samuthirakani went on to appear in 15 more films, including Kaantha (2025) and Idli Kadai (2025).
Before Kennedy Club, Bharathiraja had starred in 46 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977).
After Thiru.Manickam, Bharathiraja went on to appear in 1 more film, including Niram Marum Ulagil (2025).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Soori is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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