Sukumari & Major Sundarrajan Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sukumari and Major Sundarrajan appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1975 and 1981. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thaayillamal Naan Illai (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Andharangam (1975) through Garjanai (1981).
The Sukumari & Major Sundarrajan partnership
Between 1975 and 1981, they barely worked apart — 7 films in 6 years. 1979 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 6 years, a Sukumari–Major film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 7.5. From Andharangam (1975) to Garjanai (1981).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Thaayillamal Naan Illai; the 1980s to Garjanai. Sukumari acted in every film; Major Sundarrajan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 6 films together, anchored by Thaayillamal Naan Illai (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 1 film together, anchored by Garjanai (7.5/10).
- Thaayillamal Naan Illai
- Neela Malargal
- Garjanai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 6 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, Sukumari had 6 films behind them; Major Sundarrajan had 59. After Garjanai, Major Sundarrajan kept going for 36 more films; Sukumari stepped back.
Before Andharangam, Sukumari had starred in 6 films, including Pasamalar (1961) and Muhammad bin Tughluq (1971).
After Garjanai, Sukumari went on to appear in 21 more films, including Vazhvey Maayam (1982) and Magizhchi (2010).
Before Andharangam, Major Sundarrajan had starred in 59 films, including Major Chandrakanth (1966) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Garjanai, Major Sundarrajan went on to appear in 36 more films, including Nenjangal (1982) and Nenjangal (1982).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sukumari & Major Sundarrajan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kamal Haasan is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 7 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them. Kamal Haasan appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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