AVM Productions & Rajinikanth Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
AVM Productions and Rajinikanth appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1982 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984 — 7.8/10). Films span Pokkiri Raja (1982) through Ejamaan (1993).
The AVM Productions & Rajinikanth partnership
From Pokkiri Raja (1982) to Ejamaan (1993). The spanned closed with Ejamaan in 1993. Nallavanuku Nallavan is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Pokkiri Raja (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Nallavanuku Nallavan; the 1990s to Ejamaan. AVM Productions produced every film; Rajinikanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 4 films together, anchored by Nallavanuku Nallavan (7.8/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.4/10.
- Nallavanuku Nallavan
- Pokkiri Raja
- Ejamaan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, AVM Productions had 10 films behind them; Rajinikanth had 51. After Ejamaan, Rajinikanth kept going for 29 more films; AVM Productions stepped back.
Before Pokkiri Raja, AVM Productions had starred in 10 films, including Kuzhandaiyum Daivamum (1965) and Kalathur Kannamma (1960).
After Ejamaan, AVM Productions went on to appear in 4 more films, including Leader (2010) and Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum (2014).
Before Pokkiri Raja, Rajinikanth had starred in 51 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979).
After Ejamaan, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 29 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of AVM Productions & Rajinikanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 5 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them.
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