Vijay & Nayantara Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Sivakasi; the 2010s to Bigil. Vijay acted in every film; Nayantara acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their third film together, Bigil (2019), became the highest-grossing Tamil film of that year with over 250 crores worldwide — a massive jump from their first two flops.
• In Sivakasi (2005), Vijay and Nayantara's 'Kokkarakko' song became a wedding-season staple across Tamil Nadu — people still request it at DJ nights.
• After Villu (2009) bombed hard, they didn't work together for a full decade. Their comeback in Bigil (2019) proved they could still pull off a blockbuster — but only when the script didn't rely on their pairing alone.
• Nayantara once said in a 2019 interview: 'Vijay sir and I have a very comfortable rhythm. We don't need to rehearse much — we just look at each other and the scene works.'
• In Bigil (2019), their 'Verithanam' song — where Nayantara's character cheers for Vijay's football team — became an anthem for women's sports fans in Tamil cinema.
• Their first film together, Sivakasi (2005), was a turning point for both: it was Vijay's first film after his father's production house backed him, and Nayantara's first Tamil hit after her debut — it cemented them as a bankable pair for mass entertainers.