Yuvan Shankar Raja & Shanmugarajan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Yuvan Shankar Raja and Shanmugarajan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2004 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Peranbu (2019 — 7.8/10). Films span Adhu (2004) through Peranbu (2019).
The Yuvan Shankar Raja & Shanmugarajan partnership
After 14 years apart, they came back together for Peranbu (2019). They didn't share a set between 2005 and 2019. They saved their best for last — Peranbu (7.8/10) came 15 years in.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.8. From Adhu (2004) to Peranbu (2019).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Sandakozhi; the 2010s to Peranbu. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored every film; Shanmugarajan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.6/10.
The 2010s brought 1 film together, anchored by Peranbu (7.8/10).
- Sandakozhi
- Adhu
- Peranbu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Shanmugarajan's screen credits are with Yuvan Shankar Raja. After Peranbu, Yuvan Shankar Raja kept going for 37 more films; Shanmugarajan stepped back.
Before Adhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja had starred in 22 films, including Kadhal Kondein (2003) and Pop Carn (2003).
After Peranbu, Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to appear in 37 more films, including Love Today (2022) and Maamanithan (2022).
Adhu was Shanmugarajan's acting debut.
After Peranbu, Shanmugarajan went on to appear in 8 more films, including Karnan (2021) and Server Sundaram (2020).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Livingston is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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