Vadivelu & Sundar C. Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vadivelu and Sundar C. appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2003 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nagaram Marupakkam (2010 — 7.5/10). Films span Winner (2003) through Gangers (2025).
The Vadivelu & Sundar C. partnership
After 15 years apart, they came back together for Gangers (2025). They didn't share a set between 2010 and 2025. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.4 and 7.5. From Winner (2003) to Gangers (2025).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Giri; the 2020s to Gangers. Sundar C. director in some, actor in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sundar C. was initially hesitant to cast Vadivelu in 'Thalai Nagaram' (2006) because he thought the comedian's slapstick style wouldn't fit the serious gangster tone. Vadivelu convinced him by improvising a single scene on the spot — and Sundar rewrote the entire character arc for him that night.
- On the sets of 'Rendu' (2006), Sundar C. would deliberately give Vadivelu only a one-line premise for his comedy scenes — no script. Vadivelu would then riff for 10 minutes straight, and Sundar would edit the best 90 seconds into the final cut. That's why every comedy beat in that film feels so tight.
- The success of 'Nagaram Marupakkam' (2010) directly led to Sundar C. greenlighting a full-length Vadivelu comedy track in his next film 'Kalavani' — which then became the template for how Tamil masala films started giving comedians their own subplots instead of just punchlines.
- During the shoot of 'Thalai Nagaram', Vadivelu would show up an hour early every day just to watch Sundar C. block action sequences. Sundar later said Vadivelu never asked for a single acting tip — he just wanted to learn how to time physical comedy against a moving camera.
- Sundar C. once told a magazine: 'Vadivelu doesn't act. He just stands there and lets the scene happen to him. My job was to make sure the camera didn't miss a single blink.'
6 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.7/10.
The 2010s brought 1 film together, anchored by Nagaram Marupakkam (7.5/10).
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.4/10.
- Giri
- Rendu
- Nagaram Marupakkam
- Gangers
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 22 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 98 films behind them; Sundar C. had 15.
Before Winner, Vadivelu had starred in 98 films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001).
Before Winner, Sundar C. had directed 15 films, including Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000) and Unnaithedi (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vadivelu & Sundar C.'s professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
D. Imman is the through-line — music on 3 of their 6 films. D. Imman scored 3 of them.
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