Roja Selvamani & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Roja Selvamani and Radha Ravi appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1992 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015 — 6.5/10). Films span Chembaruthi (1992) through En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015).
The Roja Selvamani & Radha Ravi partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2015. They saved their best for last — En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (6.5/10) came 23 years in.
From Chembaruthi (1992) to En Vazhi Thani Vazhi (2015). It started with Chembaruthi (1992).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Asuran; the 2010s to En Vazhi Thani Vazhi . Roja Selvamani acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Roja Selvamani was the one who pushed for Radha Ravi to play her father in Makkal Aatchi (1995). The director wanted a different actor, but Roja insisted because she felt Radha Ravi's screen presence would give the family drama more weight.
- In Azhagarsamy (1999), Radha Ravi deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery during their confrontation scene. He told Roja on set that her emotional intensity was so high he had to match her rhythm — not the other way around. She set the pace, he followed.
- After Veeram Velanja Mannu (1998) wrapped, Radha Ravi gifted Roja a gold chain with a small pendant shaped like a palm tree — a reference to a line her character says in the film. She still wears it in family photos.
- Radha Ravi once said in a 2015 interview: 'Roja is the only co-star who made me forget my lines. Not because she was bad — because she was so real, I got lost watching her.'
- Their 2015 film En Vazhi Thani Vazhi directly inspired a minor trend in Tamil cinema: older male actors playing morally grey father figures opposite younger female leads. Two low-budget films in 2016 copied the exact father-daughter conflict template.
7 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Asuran
- Makkal Aatchi
- En Vazhi Thani Vazhi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 23 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Roja Selvamani's screen credits are with Radha Ravi. When they first worked together, Roja Selvamani had 0 films behind them; Radha Ravi had 47. After En Vazhi Thani Vazhi , Radha Ravi kept going for 62 more films; Roja Selvamani stepped back.
Chembaruthi was Roja Selvamani's acting debut.
Before Chembaruthi, Radha Ravi had starred in 47 films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Vazhga! Valarga! (1987).
After En Vazhi Thani Vazhi , Radha Ravi went on to appear in 62 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Sivalinga (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Roja Selvamani & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja scored 3 of them. Mansoor Ali Khan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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