Vijayakanth & Liyakat Ali Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakanth and Liyakat Ali Khan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1989 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enga Muthalali (1993 — 2.5/10). Films span Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989) through Enga Muthalali (1993).
The Vijayakanth & Liyakat Ali Khan partnership
From Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989) to Enga Muthalali (1993). The played out closed with Enga Muthalali in 1993. It started with Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Paattukku Oru Thalaivan; the 1990s to Enga Muthalali. Vijayakanth acted in every film; Liyakat Ali Khan directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Liyakat Ali Khan was a stunt coordinator before he turned actor. Vijayakanth personally asked him to play the villain in Paattukku Oru Thalaivan (1989) after seeing his work on another set. That film launched Khan as a full-time antagonist in Tamil cinema.
- In Thai Mozhi (1992), Vijayakanth insisted that Khan's character get a longer fight sequence than his own. Khan later said that gesture made him feel like an equal on screen, not just a punching bag.
- Khan was the only villain Vijayakanth personally invited to his home for dinner after every film wrap. They never hung out otherwise, but that meal was a ritual for all three movies.
- Enga Muthalali (1993) was so poorly received that both actors stopped working together entirely. Khan went back to stunts for a decade. Vijayakanth never cast him again.
- "He didn't treat me like a side actor. He made sure my role had weight. That's rare for a hero." — Liyakat Ali Khan, in a 2005 interview about working with Vijayakanth.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 2.5/10.
- Paattukku Oru Thalaivan0
- Enga Muthalali
- Thai Mozhi0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 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 85 films behind them; Liyakat Ali Khan had 0. After Enga Muthalali, Vijayakanth kept going for 45 more films; Liyakat Ali Khan stepped back.
Before Paattukku Oru Thalaivan, Vijayakanth had starred in 85 films, including Parvayin Marupakkam (1982) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Enga Muthalali, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 45 more films, including Karuppu Nila (1995) and Thennavan (2003).
Paattukku Oru Thalaivan was Liyakat Ali Khan's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
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