Vijay & Vidyasagar Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijay and Vidyasagar appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1996 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ghilli (2004 — 7.3/10). Films span Coimbatore Mappillai (1996) through Kaavalan (2011).
The Vijay & Vidyasagar partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Coimbatore Mappillai (1996) to Kaavalan (2011). Ghilli is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Coimbatore Mappillai (1996).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Coimbatore Mappillai; the 2010s to Kaavalan. Vijay acted in every film; Vidyasagar scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.6/10.
The 2000s brought 5 films together, anchored by Ghilli (7.3/10).
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.2/10.
- Coimbatore Mappillai
- Nilaave Vaa
- Ghilli
- Thirumalai
- Kaavalan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 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
By the time of Coimbatore Mappillai, both already had careers — Vijay with 10 films, Vidyasagar with 19.
Before Coimbatore Mappillai, Vijay had starred in 10 films, including Vetri (1984) and Rasigan (1994).
After Kaavalan, Vijay went on to appear in 17 more films, including Kaththi (2014) and Mersal (2017).
Before Coimbatore Mappillai, Vidyasagar had starred in 19 films, including Ayudha Poojai (1995) and Nila Penne (1990).
After Kaavalan, Vidyasagar went on to appear in 8 more films, including Eli (2015) and Jannal Oram (2013).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijay & Vidyasagar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Trisha Krishnan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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