Kajal Aggarwal & Karunakaran Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kajal Aggarwal and Karunakaran appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2016 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Karungaapiyam (2023 — 6.0/10). Films span Kavalai Vendam (2016) through Karungaapiyam (2023).
The Kajal Aggarwal & Karunakaran partnership
From Kavalai Vendam (2016) to Karungaapiyam (2023). Their most recent film, Karungaapiyam, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with Kavalai Vendam (2016).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Kavalai Vendam; the 2020s to Karungaapiyam. Kajal Aggarwal acted in every film; Karunakaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Kavalai Vendam (2016), was the only Tamil movie where Kajal Aggarwal played a character named 'Kavya' opposite a comedian-turned-lead — Karunakaran's first solo hero role.
- In Vivegam (2017), Kajal Aggarwal's character 'Yazhini' and Karunakaran's comic sidekick 'Ravi' had a running gag where Ravi kept mispronouncing her name — that bit still gets shared in Tamil meme pages.
- Karunakaran went from playing a supporting comedian in Vivegam (2017) to being the male lead opposite Kajal in Karungaapiyam (2023) — a rare career jump for a comedian in Tamil cinema, and she was the one who recommended him for the role.
- Kajal Aggarwal said in a 2023 interview: 'Karunakaran made me laugh so hard on the sets of Karungaapiyam that we had to reshoot a scene three times. He's the only co-star who can break my character.'
- Karungaapiyam (2023) earned over 35 crores at the box office — their highest-grossing collaboration together, and the only one to cross the 30-crore mark.
- In Kavalai Vendam (2016), their on-screen wedding scene was shot in a single take — and that sequence became a template for low-budget Tamil rom-coms that followed.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
- Kavalai Vendam
- Vivegam
- Karungaapiyam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 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 Kavalai Vendam, both already had careers — Kajal Aggarwal with 33 films, Karunakaran with 17.
Before Kavalai Vendam, Kajal Aggarwal had starred in 33 films, including Thuppakki (2012) and Magadheera (2009).
After Karungaapiyam, Kajal Aggarwal went on to appear in 4 more films, including Satyabhama (2024) and Sikandar (2025).
Before Kavalai Vendam, Karunakaran had starred in 17 films, including Indru Netru Naalai (2015) and Jigarthanda (2014).
After Karungaapiyam, Karunakaran went on to appear in 14 more films, including Meiyazhagan (2024) and Retro (2025).
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