Vijayakanth & Shanmuga Priyan Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakanth and Shanmuga Priyan appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1985 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ullathil Nalla Ullam (1988 — 4.7/10). Films span Eetti (1985) through Ullathil Nalla Ullam (1988).
The Vijayakanth & Shanmuga Priyan partnership
From Eetti (1985) to Ullathil Nalla Ullam (1988). The ran closed with Ullathil Nalla Ullam in 1988. It started with Eetti (1985).
The shape of the work
Vijayakanth acted in every film; Shanmuga Priyan story all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Ullathil Nalla Ullam
- Eetti
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 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 35 films behind them; Shanmuga Priyan had 2. After Ullathil Nalla Ullam, Vijayakanth kept going for 70 more films; Shanmuga Priyan stepped back.
Before Eetti, Vijayakanth had starred in 35 films, including Parvayin Marupakkam (1982) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Ullathil Nalla Ullam, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 70 more films, including En Kitta Mothathey (1990) and En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan (1989).
Before Eetti, Shanmuga Priyan had starred in 2 films, including Urangatha Ninaivugal (1983) and Ayiram Muthangal (1982).
After Ullathil Nalla Ullam, Shanmuga Priyan went on to appear in 6 more films, including Athma (1993) and Pattukku Naan Adimai (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijayakanth & Shanmuga Priyan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 2 of their 2 films.
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