Gautham Karthik & Rajendran Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gautham Karthik and Rajendran appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2017 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu (2022 — 6.5/10). Films span Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017) through Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu (2022).
The Gautham Karthik & Rajendran partnership
From Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017) to Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu (2022). It started with Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Hara Hara Mahadevaki; the 2020s to Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu. Gautham Karthik acted in every film; Rajendran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Gautham Karthik and Rajendran first shared screen space in 'Hara Hara Mahadevaki' (2017) because the director thought Rajendran's comic timing would balance Gautham's deadpan delivery — a gamble that barely worked (5.5 rating).
- In 'Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuthu' (2018), Rajendran improvised most of his lines on set, and Gautham Karthik had to react in real time without a script — that raw back-and-forth is what made the horror-comedy a surprise hit.
- Their only box office hit together, 'Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuthu' (2018), directly inspired a wave of low-budget horror-comedies in Tamil cinema — including 'LKG' and 'Oh My Kadavule' — that copied their 'scared hero + funny sidekick' template.
- During the shoot of 'Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu' (2022), Gautham Karthik and Rajendran shared the same vanity van because the budget was too tight for separate ones — they ended up bonding over old Tamil comedy films every morning.
- Rajendran once said in a 2022 interview: 'Gautham is the only hero who lets me take over a scene without cutting me off. He knows comedy is about giving space.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.1/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Hara Hara Mahadevaki
- Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuthu
- Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Gautham Karthik's screen credits are with Rajendran. When they first worked together, Gautham Karthik had 4 films behind them; Rajendran had 38. After Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu, Rajendran kept going for 35 more films; Gautham Karthik stepped back.
Before Hara Hara Mahadevaki, Gautham Karthik had starred in 4 films, including Kadal (2013) and Vai Raja Vai (2015).
After Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu, Gautham Karthik went on to appear in 2 more films, including Pathu Thala (2023) and August 16 1947 (2023).
Before Hara Hara Mahadevaki, Rajendran had starred in 38 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Naan Kadavul (2009).
After Anandham Vilaiyadum Veedu, Rajendran went on to appear in 35 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Vimanam (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gautham Karthik & Rajendran's professional partnership
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Balamurali Balu is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
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