Vijayakanth & Charlie Movies Together List — 11 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakanth and Charlie appeared together in 11 Tamil films between 1986 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Siraiyil Pootha Chinnamalar (1990 — 5.6/10). Films span Thazhuvatha Kaigal (1986) through Kannupada Poguthaiya (1999).
The Vijayakanth & Charlie partnership
1988 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. From Thazhuvatha Kaigal (1986) to Kannupada Poguthaiya (1999). For 13 years, a Vijayakanth–Charlie film arrived almost every year.
The unfolded closed with Kannupada Poguthaiya in 1999. It started with Thazhuvatha Kaigal (1986).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 64% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Senthoora Poove; the 1990s to Siraiyil Pootha Chinnamalar. Vijayakanth acted in every film; Charlie acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Charlie was a struggling comedian when Vijayakanth spotted him in a small stage show. Vijayakanth insisted the director of Thazhuvatha Kaigal (1986) cast Charlie as his sidekick — that film became their first together.
- On set, Vijayakanth would deliberately flub his lines in comedy scenes just to watch Charlie improvise a recovery. Charlie later said those unscripted moments became the scenes audiences remembered most.
- After every film wrap, Vijayakanth would hand Charlie an envelope with extra cash — no note, no explanation. Charlie never opened it in front of him. He told a friend it was their unspoken ritual for 13 years.
- Their double-act in Senthoora Poove (1988) was so popular that the film's producer greenlit a separate comedy track for them in his next three movies — directly creating the template for the 'hero-comedian buddy pair' in 90s Tamil cinema.
- Charlie once said in an interview: 'Vijayakanth sir didn't just give me films. He gave me a place on screen where I could be louder than him. That never happened with any other hero.'
- Their last film together, Kannupada Poguthaiya (1999), almost didn't happen. Charlie had a scheduling conflict with a bigger project. Vijayakanth postponed the shoot by two months — something he never did for anyone else — just to keep the pair intact.
11 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 7 films, averaging 3.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.3/10.
- Senthoora Poove
- Ullathil Nalla Ullam
- Siraiyil Pootha Chinnamalar
- Kannupada Poguthaiya
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
11 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
When they first worked together, Vijayakanth had 50 films behind them; Charlie had 7. After Kannupada Poguthaiya, Charlie kept going for 78 more films; Vijayakanth stepped back.
Before Thazhuvatha Kaigal, Vijayakanth had starred in 50 films, including Parvayin Marupakkam (1982) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Kannupada Poguthaiya, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 27 more films, including Thennavan (2003) and Engal Anna (2004).
Before Thazhuvatha Kaigal, Charlie had starred in 7 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Kalyana Agathigal (1985).
After Kannupada Poguthaiya, Charlie went on to appear in 78 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijayakanth & Charlie's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charle appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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