Karate Raja & Arjunan Nandakumar Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karate Raja and Arjunan Nandakumar appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2016 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Oyee (2016 — 4.8/10). Films span Oyee (2016) through Yaman Kattalai (2025).
The Karate Raja & Arjunan Nandakumar partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Yaman Kattalai (2025). They didn't share a set between 2016 and 2025. From Oyee (2016) to Yaman Kattalai (2025).
Their most recent film, Yaman Kattalai, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active. It started with Oyee (2016).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Oyee ; the 2020s to Yaman Kattalai. Karate Raja acted in every film; Arjunan Nandakumar acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film.
- Oyee
- Yaman Kattalai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Oyee , Karate Raja had starred in 9 films, including Virumaandi (2004) and Unnaipol Oruvan (2009).
After Yaman Kattalai, Karate Raja went on to appear in 2 more films, including Valluvan (2026) and MUGA NAGA (2026).
Before Oyee , Arjunan Nandakumar had starred in 8 films, including Arima Nambi (2014) and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012).
After Yaman Kattalai, Arjunan Nandakumar went on to appear in 1 more film, including Carmeni Selvam (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karate Raja & Arjunan Nandakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 1 of their 2 films.
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