Sukumari & Vivek Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Putham Pudhu Payanam; the 2000s to Perazhagan. Sukumari acted in every film; Vivek acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Poovellam Un Vasam (2001) marked the first time Vivek played a full-length comedic role in a film headlined by a major star (Ajith Kumar), and Sukumari's performance as the grandmother was widely credited with adding emotional depth that helped the film run for over 100 days in Tamil Nadu.
• In Putham Pudhu Payanam (1991), Sukumari's character as the sharp-tongued, protective mother of Vivek's love interest became a template for the 'modern yet traditional' mother figure in Tamil family dramas, directly influencing similar roles in later films like 'Sathi Leelavathi'.
• Vivek said in a 2007 interview: 'Sukumari amma was the only co-star who could make me forget my lines because I would be laughing so hard at her improvisations on set.'
• Their collaboration in Agaram (2007) was Sukumari's last theatrical release before her death in 2013, and Vivek later stated that working with her in that film helped him refine his transition from pure comedy to character-driven roles.
• The scene in Poovellam Un Vasam where Sukumari's character teaches Vivek's character a traditional folk song became a viral meme in Tamil internet culture in the 2010s, often used to represent intergenerational bonding.
• Putham Pudhu Payanam (1991) was the first Tamil film to feature a subplot where the male lead (Vivek) and the female lead's mother (Sukumari) share equal screen time in a comedic rivalry, a format later copied in over a dozen Tamil films in the 1990s.