Vijayakanth & Karthik Raja Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakanth and Karthik Raja appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1996 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Neranja Manasu (2004 — 6.5/10). Films span Alexander (1996) through Sagaptham (2015).
The Vijayakanth & Karthik Raja partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Sagaptham (2015). They didn't share a set between 2004 and 2015. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Alexander (1996) to Sagaptham (2015). It started with Alexander (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Alexander; the 2010s to Sagaptham. Vijayakanth acted in every film; Karthik Raja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 2.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Alexander
- Neranja Manasu
- Vaanchinathan
- Sagaptham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Vijayakanth had 118 films behind them; Karthik Raja had 2.
Before Alexander, Vijayakanth had starred in 118 films, including Parvayin Marupakkam (1982) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Sagaptham, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 1 more film, including Thamizhan Endru Sol (2016).
Before Alexander, Karthik Raja had starred in 2 films, including Uzhaippali (1993) and Pandiyan (1992).
After Sagaptham, Karthik Raja went on to appear in 10 more films, including Chithambaram Railwaygate (2021) and Web (2023).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manorama is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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