Vadivelu & Karate Raja Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vadivelu and Karate Raja appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2004 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kacheri Arambam (2010 — 6.5/10). Films span Madhurey (2004) through Sura (2010).
The Vadivelu & Karate Raja partnership
From Madhurey (2004) to Sura (2010). It started with Madhurey (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Madhurey; the 2010s to Kacheri Arambam. Vadivelu acted in every film; Karate Raja acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.7/10.
- Madhurey
- Kacheri Arambam
- Sura
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 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; Karate Raja had 0.
Before Madhurey, Vadivelu had starred in 108 films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001).
After Sura, Vadivelu went on to appear in 18 more films, including Sivalinga (2017) and Mersal (2017).
Madhurey was Karate Raja's acting debut.
After Sura, Karate Raja went on to appear in 13 more films, including Border (2021) and Park (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vadivelu & Karate Raja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilavarasu is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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