Yuvan Shankar Raja & Ambika Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Yuvan Shankar Raja and Ambika appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1999 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vel (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) through Avan Ivan (2011).
The Yuvan Shankar Raja & Ambika partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Vel (2007). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2007.
From Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) to Avan Ivan (2011). It started with Poovellam Kettuppar (1999).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poovellam Kettuppar; the 2010s to Avan Ivan. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored every film; Ambika acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.6/10.
- Poovellam Kettuppar
- Vel
- Avan Ivan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 12 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, Yuvan Shankar Raja had 3 films behind them; Ambika had 72. After Avan Ivan, Yuvan Shankar Raja kept going for 91 more films; Ambika stepped back.
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Yuvan Shankar Raja had starred in 3 films, including Aravindhan (1997) and Kalyana Galatta (1998).
After Avan Ivan, Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to appear in 91 more films, including Super Deluxe (2019) and Peranbu (2019).
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Ambika had starred in 72 films, including Vazhvey Maayam (1982) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
After Avan Ivan, Ambika went on to appear in 8 more films, including Jigarthanda (2014) and Kalasal (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Yuvan Shankar Raja & Ambika's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nassar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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