Vijay & Raghuvaran Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijay and Raghuvaran appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1996 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thirumalai (2003 — 6.7/10). Films span Selva (1996) through Sachein (2005).
The Vijay & Raghuvaran partnership
They saved their best for last — Thirumalai (6.7/10) came 7 years in. From Selva (1996) to Sachein (2005). For 9 years, a Vijay–Raghuvaran film arrived almost every year.
The unfolded closed with Sachein in 2005. It started with Selva (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Love Today; the 2000s to Thirumalai. Vijay acted in every film; Raghuvaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Kannukkul Nilavu (2000), Vijay and Raghuvaran played a father-son duo for the first time. The scene where Raghuvaran's character disowns Vijay's character still gets clipped and shared on Tamil social media during Father's Day.
- Love Today (1997) was the first Tamil film where Vijay and Raghuvaran shared significant screen time as rivals. It ran for over 100 days in Chennai, making it a sleeper hit that revived Vijay's career after a string of flops.
- Their three-film collaboration (1996–2000) marked the only time Raghuvaran played a negative role opposite Vijay in a commercial entertainer. After Kannukkul Nilavu, Raghuvaran shifted to character roles, and they never worked together again.
- Raghuvaran once said in an interview: 'Vijay was the only young hero who could match my intensity without overacting. We didn't need many takes.'
8 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 5 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.3/10.
- Love Today
- Nilaave Vaa
- Thirumalai
- Sachein
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 9 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, Vijay had 10 films behind them; Raghuvaran had 46. After Sachein, Vijay kept going for 28 more films; Raghuvaran stepped back.
Before Selva, Vijay had starred in 10 films, including Vetri (1984) and Rasigan (1994).
After Sachein, Vijay went on to appear in 28 more films, including Kaththi (2014) and Mersal (2017).
Before Selva, Raghuvaran had starred in 46 films, including Ezhavathu Manithan (1982) and Kolangal (1995).
After Sachein, Raghuvaran went on to appear in 9 more films, including Sivappathigaram (2006) and Sivaji (2007).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijay & Raghuvaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charlie appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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