Vadivelu & Sakthi Chidambaram Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vadivelu and Sakthi Chidambaram appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2000 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Englishkaran (2005 — 6.5/10). Films span Ennamma Kannu (2000) through Viyabari (2007).
The Vadivelu & Sakthi Chidambaram partnership
Between 2000 and 2007, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 7 years. From Ennamma Kannu (2000) to Viyabari (2007). It started with Ennamma Kannu (2000).
The shape of the work
Vadivelu acted in every film; Sakthi Chidambaram directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 1 decade
- Englishkaran
- Viyabari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
31% of Sakthi Chidambaram's screen credits are with Vadivelu. When they first worked together, Vadivelu had 65 films behind them; Sakthi Chidambaram had 2. After Viyabari, Vadivelu kept going for 36 more films; Sakthi Chidambaram stepped back.
Before Ennamma Kannu, Vadivelu had starred in 65 films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Sangamam (1999).
After Viyabari, Vadivelu went on to appear in 36 more films, including Sivalinga (2017) and Mersal (2017).
Before Ennamma Kannu, Sakthi Chidambaram had directed 2 films, including Jodi (1999) and Samrat (1997).
After Viyabari, Sakthi Chidambaram went on to direct 9 more films, including Rajathanthiram: The Piano (2023) and Rajadhi Raja (2009).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vadivelu & Sakthi Chidambaram's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva is the through-line — music on 4 of their 5 films. Deva scored 4 of them. Namitha appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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