Vadivelu & Kalabhavan Mani Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vadivelu and Kalabhavan Mani appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2004 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mazhai (2005 — 6.8/10). Films span Aai (2004) through Vel (2007).
The Vadivelu & Kalabhavan Mani partnership
Between 2004 and 2007, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 3 years. From Aai (2004) to Vel (2007). It started with Aai (2004).
The shape of the work
Vadivelu acted in every film; Kalabhavan Mani acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 1 decade
- Mazhai
- Vel
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 3 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, Vadivelu had 108 films behind them; Kalabhavan Mani had 8. After Vel, Vadivelu kept going for 36 more films; Kalabhavan Mani stepped back.
Before Aai, Vadivelu had starred in 108 films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001).
After Vel, Vadivelu went on to appear in 36 more films, including Sivalinga (2017) and Mersal (2017).
Before Aai, Kalabhavan Mani had starred in 8 films, including Pudhiya Geethai (2003) and Jay Jay (2003).
After Vel, Kalabhavan Mani went on to appear in 10 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Nagaram (2008).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vadivelu & Kalabhavan Mani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ambika is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
2
2
2
Other iconic Tamil director-actor duos
Discover other partnerships with comparable filmographies and ratings
Kaali Venkat
Vela Ramamoorthy
Vivek
M. S. Bhaskar
Tamannaah Bhatia
Karthi
Ganja Karuppu
Sampath Raj
Aravind AkashYuvan Shankar Raja
Dhanush
A. R. Rahman