Vijay & Samantha Akkineni Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

Vijay acted in every film; Samantha Akkineni acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.

Partnership facts

• Vijay and Samantha are the only on-screen pair to deliver three consecutive ₹100+ crore grossers in Tamil cinema — Kaththi (2014), Theri (2016), and Mersal (2017).
• In Kaththi (2014), Samantha's character Ankitha slaps Vijay's character Jeeva in a train station scene — that moment became a meme template in Tamil social media for 'instant karma'.
• Samantha once said in an interview: 'Vijay sir is the only hero who made me feel like I was acting with a co-star, not a superstar. He never made me feel less.'
• Their pairing in Theri (2016) broke the 'Vijay needs a young heroine' stereotype — Samantha was 29 and playing a single mother, and the film became a career milestone for both.
• The 'Ennodu Nee Irundhaal' duet from Theri (2016) — shot in a rain-soaked Kerala — is still the most-requested Vijay-Samantha wedding dance song at Tamil receptions.
• Mersal (2017) was the first Tamil film where a female lead (Samantha) had a standalone action sequence choreographed by a Hollywood stunt team — she fought alongside Vijay in the climax.