V. S. Raghavan & Vijayakumar Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 1970s belonged to En Kelvikku Enna Bathil; the 2000s to Kamaraj. V. S. Raghavan acted in every film; Vijayakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They first met on the set of Shankar Salim Simon (1978) because the director, P. Madhavan, needed a pair of actors who could play off each other's contrasting energies — Raghavan's coiled intensity and Vijayakumar's easy charm. Neither had worked together before, and the casting was a last-minute gamble after the original lead pair fell through.
• In En Kelvikku Enna Bathil (1978), Raghavan would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery to force Vijayakumar to react in real time, creating a natural rhythm that made their scenes feel like a real argument. Vijayakumar later admitted he had to unlearn his usual pacing to match Raghavan's pauses.
• During the shoot of Avasara Police 100 (1990), Raghavan would bring homemade snacks for the crew every morning, but he always saved the first piece for Vijayakumar. It became a running joke on set — Vijayakumar would wait for his 'breakfast tax' before starting work.
• "He was the only actor who could make me forget my lines — because I was too busy watching him act." — Vijayakumar, in a 1995 interview with Ananda Vikatan, about working with Raghavan on Shankar Salim Simon.
• Their pairing in En Kelvikku Enna Bathil (1978) directly inspired director K. Bhagyaraj to cast two male leads with similar contrasting styles in his 1981 hit Indru Poi Naalai Vaa — a film that went on to define the buddy-comedy genre in Tamil cinema.