Sarath Babu & Suresh Krissna Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sarath Babu and Suresh Krissna appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1991 and 2006. Their highest-rated collaboration was Amma (1991 — 7.5/10). Films span Amma (1991) through Asthram (2006).
The Sarath Babu & Suresh Krissna partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Aalavandhan (2001). They didn't share a set between 1992 and 2001. From Amma (1991) to Asthram (2006).
The ran closed with Asthram in 2006. Amma is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Amma; the 2000s to Asthram. Sarath Babu acted in every film; Suresh Krissna directed all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 2 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Suresh Krissna was an assistant director on Rajinikanth films before he got his big break. Sarath Babu was already a star. But for their first film together, Amma (1991), Krissna actually cast Sarath Babu in a supporting role — not the lead. That film put Krissna on the map as a director.
- On the sets of Annamalai (1992), Krissna realized Sarath Babu could hold his own against Rajinikanth in a dramatic face-off. He started writing longer, more intense confrontation scenes for the two of them — something he hadn't planned in the original script.
- The success of Annamalai (1992) directly led to Krissna being trusted with bigger Rajinikanth projects like Baashha (1995). Sarath Babu's performance as the villain in Annamalai became a template for how Krissna wrote antagonists in his later films.
- Sarath Babu and Krissna stayed close friends even after they stopped working together. When Sarath Babu fell seriously ill in the 2010s, Krissna was one of the first people from the industry to visit him in the hospital and quietly helped with medical expenses.
- Suresh Krissna once said in an interview: 'Sarath Babu is the only actor who could make Rajini nervous in a scene. He had that intensity. I wrote Annamalai's villain keeping only him in mind.'
6 films across 2 decades
The 1990s brought 2 films together, anchored by Amma (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.7/10.
- Amma
- Annamalai
- Asthram
- Aalavandhan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 3 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
46% of Suresh Krissna's screen credits are with Sarath Babu. When they first worked together, Sarath Babu had 41 films behind them; Suresh Krissna had 2.
Before Amma, Sarath Babu had starred in 41 films, including Nenjathai Killadhe (1980) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Asthram, Sarath Babu went on to appear in 16 more films, including Shirdi Sai (2012) and Por Thozhil (2023).
Before Amma, Suresh Krissna had directed 2 films, including Sathya (1988) and Raja Kaiya Vacha (1990).
After Asthram, Suresh Krissna went on to direct 5 more films, including Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram (2007) and Ilaignan (2011).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sarath Babu & Suresh Krissna's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Sarath Babu & Suresh Krissna's films together
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