Sivakarthikeyan & Arunraja Kamaraj Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sivakarthikeyan and Arunraja Kamaraj appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2014 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanaa (2018 — 7.8/10). Films span Maan Karate (2014) through Kanaa (2018).
The Sivakarthikeyan & Arunraja Kamaraj partnership
From Maan Karate (2014) to Kanaa (2018). Kanaa is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Maan Karate (2014).
The shape of the work
Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Arunraja Kamaraj was a lyricist before he turned director. Sivakarthikeyan trusted him to write the songs for Maan Karate (2014) first. Only after that did he agree to act in Arunraja's directorial debut, Remo (2016).
- On the sets of Remo (2016), Sivakarthikeyan would rewrite his own lines in the morning. Arunraja would then rework the scene around those changes by lunch. They built the comedy beats together, line by line.
- Kanaa (2018) launched Aishwarya Rajesh as a mainstream lead in Tamil cinema. Before that, she was known mostly for supporting roles. Sivakarthikeyan and Arunraja jointly cast her as the protagonist — a move that changed her career trajectory.
- During the making of Kanaa (2018), Sivakarthikeyan's father passed away. Arunraja Kamaraj took over all production meetings for two weeks so Sivakarthikeyan could be with his family. They never spoke about it publicly.
- Arunraja once said in an interview: 'Siva is the only actor who will call me at 2 AM to discuss a single line of dialogue. And I'm the only director who will pick up.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Kanaa
- Remo
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Arunraja Kamaraj's screen credits are with Sivakarthikeyan.
Before Maan Karate, Sivakarthikeyan had starred in 5 films, including Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013) and Ethir Neechal (2013).
After Kanaa, Sivakarthikeyan went on to appear in 16 more films, including Vaazhl (2021) and Maaveeran (2023).
Before Maan Karate, Arunraja Kamaraj had starred in 1 film, including Raja Rani (2013).
After Kanaa, Arunraja Kamaraj went on to appear in 2 more films, including Nenjuku Needhi (2022) and Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sivakarthikeyan & Arunraja Kamaraj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sathish is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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