Karunas & Madhusudhan Rao Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karunas and Madhusudhan Rao appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2016 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pandigai (2017 — 7.3/10). Films span Kathakali (2016) through Pandigai (2017).
The Karunas & Madhusudhan Rao partnership
From Kathakali (2016) to Pandigai (2017). Pandigai is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Kathakali (2016).
The shape of the work
Karunas acted in every film; Madhusudhan Rao acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Pandigai
- Kathakali
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 1 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, Karunas had 63 films behind them; Madhusudhan Rao had 5.
Before Kathakali, Karunas had starred in 63 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Iyarkai (2003).
After Pandigai, Karunas went on to appear in 16 more films, including Vada Chennai (2018) and Pogumidam Vegu Thooramillai (2024).
Before Kathakali, Madhusudhan Rao had starred in 5 films, including Prasthanam (2010) and Thani Oruvan (2015).
After Pandigai, Madhusudhan Rao went on to appear in 27 more films, including Taanakkaran (2022) and Alluri (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karunas & Madhusudhan Rao's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aathma Patrick is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.


















