Vijay & Mansoor Ali Khan Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Maanbumigu Maanavan; the 2020s to Leo. Vijay acted in every film; Mansoor Ali Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Naalaiya Theerpu (1992), was Vijay's debut as a lead hero. Mansoor Ali Khan played the villain in that film — setting the pattern for most of their collaborations.
• After a 27-year gap, they reunited for Leo (2023). That film became the biggest hit of both their careers — crossing ₹100 crores and giving Mansoor Ali Khan his most talked-about role in decades.
• In Leo, Mansoor Ali Khan's character 'Harold Das' and Vijay's 'Parthiban' share a tense interrogation scene that went viral on social media. Fans still loop the dialogue where Vijay says 'Nee enna da naan' — a direct callback to their old dynamic.
• Mansoor Ali Khan said in a 2023 interview: 'Vijay was just a boy in Naalaiya Theerpu. Now he's a star. But on the sets of Leo, he treated me like an elder brother — no ego.'
• They made 5 films together in just 4 years (1992–1996). Then nothing for 27 years. That's the longest gap between collaborations for any actor pair in Tamil cinema history.
• In Sendhoorapandi (1993), Mansoor Ali Khan's character kills Vijay's father on screen. That scene is still used in Tamil meme edits whenever a 'father-son revenge' plot comes up.