Vijay & Vivek Movies Together List — 11 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 73% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Innisai Mazhai; the 2010s to Bigil. Vijay acted in every film; Vivek acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Nerrukku Ner (1997), was the debut for both Vijay as a lead hero and Vivek as a comedian — it launched two careers in one movie.
• In Badri (2001), Vivek's comedy track as a fake police officer who keeps getting slapped by Vijay became a meme template in Tamil households — the scene where he says 'Enna koduma sir idhu' is still quoted at family gatherings.
• Vivek wrote the dialogues for Udhaya (2004), making it the only film where he both wrote for and acted alongside Vijay — the film's political satire was entirely his voice.
• Vivek once said in an interview: 'Vijay is the only hero who let me improvise entire scenes without cutting. In Shahjahan, I changed the whole hospital comedy on set, and he just laughed and said keep going.'
• Their last film together, Bigil (2019), grossed over ₹250 crore worldwide — making it the highest-grossing Tamil film of that year and the biggest commercial hit of their partnership.
• In Youth (2002), the 'Kannum Kannum' song sequence featured Vijay and Vivek doing a synchronized dance step that became a wedding reception staple across Tamil Nadu — uncles still attempt it at sangeeths.