Vijayakanth & Bhanupriya Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Vijayakanth acted in every film; Bhanupriya acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Bhanupriya was the bigger star when they first paired up for Siraiyil Pootha Chinnamalar (1990). Vijayakanth was still climbing, and she agreed to the film only after the director promised her role had equal weight — not just a love interest.
• In Sathriyan (1990), Bhanupriya’s character was written as a soft-spoken village girl, but she pushed back on set and convinced the director to let her play it with more fire. Vijayakanth later said her intensity in that film made him raise his own game in their confrontation scenes.
• During the shoot of Bharathan (1992), the film that tanked hard, Bhanupriya reportedly cooked and brought food for the crew every single day because the location had no decent eateries. Vijayakanth joined her in serving — they’d both ladle out meals before the first shot.
• Years later, in a 2018 interview, Bhanupriya said about Vijayakanth: 'He never treated me like a heroine. He treated me like a co-actor. That’s rare in those days.'
• Their pairing in Siraiyil Pootha Chinnamalar directly led to the film’s hit song 'Poothathu Poothathu' becoming a wedding-season staple in Tamil Nadu — it’s still played at receptions today, three decades later.