Vijay & Manoj K. Jayan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijay and Manoj K. Jayan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2003 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thirumalai (2003 — 6.7/10). Films span Thirumalai (2003) through Villu (2009).
The Vijay & Manoj K. Jayan partnership
From Thirumalai (2003) to Villu (2009). It started with Thirumalai (2003).
The shape of the work
Vijay acted in every film; Manoj K. Jayan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Thirumalai
- Thirupaachi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Manoj K. Jayan's screen credits are with Vijay. When they first worked together, Vijay had 38 films behind them; Manoj K. Jayan had 0. After Villu, Vijay kept going for 20 more films; Manoj K. Jayan stepped back.
Before Thirumalai, Vijay had starred in 38 films, including Vetri (1984) and Rasigan (1994).
After Villu, Vijay went on to appear in 20 more films, including Kaththi (2014) and Mersal (2017).
Thirumalai was Manoj K. Jayan's acting debut.
After Villu, Manoj K. Jayan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Billa II (2012) and Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai (2016).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijay & Manoj K. Jayan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Devi Sri Prasad is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
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