Samuthirakani & Soori Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Samuthirakani and Soori appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 2011 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Rajini Murugan (2016 — 8.7/10). Films span Poraali (2011) through Garudan (2024).
The Samuthirakani & Soori partnership
From Poraali (2011) to Garudan (2024). For 13 years, a Samuthirakani–Soori film arrived almost every year. Garudan (2024, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
Their most recent film, Garudan, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. Rajini Murugan is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 70% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Rajini Murugan; the 2020s to Garudan. Samuthirakani director in some, actor in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Samuthirakani didn't just cast Soori in Poraali (2011) — he wrote the role of 'Kodi' specifically for him after watching Soori's comic timing in a stage play. Soori was nervous about doing a serious role; Samuthirakani locked him in a room and made him rehearse the climax scene 40 times before they shot it.
- In Rajini Murugan (2016), Samuthirakani deliberately slowed down his own dialogue delivery to match Soori's natural rhythm. He told the crew, 'Let Soori set the pace — I'll follow.' That film became their biggest commercial hit together.
- The success of Namma Veettu Pillai (2019) directly led to Soori getting his first lead role in a solo-hero film. Samuthirakani pushed the producer to greenlight Soori's standalone project, saying, 'He's carried our films long enough — now let him carry one.'
- On the sets of Thondan (2017), Soori's father passed away. Samuthirakani shut down production for a week, drove 300 km to Soori's village, and sat with him silently for two days. They never spoke about it publicly. Soori later said, 'He didn't say a word. That's what I needed.'
- Soori on Samuthirakani, during Garudan (2024) promotions: 'He doesn't direct me. He fights with me. We argue like brothers before every scene. Then we hug and shoot. That's our process.'
- In Kennedy Club (2019), Samuthirakani improvised a 4-minute monologue about failure. Soori, who was supposed to just listen, started tearing up on camera — and Samuthirakani kept going, weaving Soori's real reaction into the scene. The editor kept that take.
10 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 7 films together, anchored by Rajini Murugan (8.7/10).
The 2020s brought 3 films together, anchored by Garudan (7.6/10).
- Rajini Murugan
- Nimirndhu Nil
- Garudan
- Don
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
48% of Soori's screen credits are with Samuthirakani.
Before Poraali, Samuthirakani had starred in 9 films, including Naadodigal (2009) and Subramaniapuram (2008).
After Garudan, Samuthirakani went on to appear in 15 more films, including Kaantha (2025) and Idli Kadai (2025).
Before Poraali, Soori had starred in 9 films, including Kaadhal (2004) and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009).
After Garudan, Soori went on to appear in 2 more films, including Maaman (2025) and Badava (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Samuthirakani & Soori's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Namo Narayana is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 10 films. Namo Narayana appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. D. Imman scored 4 of them.
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