Sarath Babu & Vinu Chakravarthy Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sarath Babu and Vinu Chakravarthy appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1990 and 2004. Their highest-rated collaboration was Annamalai (1992 — 5.8/10). Films span Santhana Kaatru (1990) through Gajendra (2004).
The Sarath Babu & Vinu Chakravarthy partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Arul (2004). They didn't share a set between 1992 and 2004. From Santhana Kaatru (1990) to Gajendra (2004).
It started with Santhana Kaatru (1990). The spanned closed with Gajendra in 2004.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Annamalai; the 2000s to Arul. Sarath Babu acted in every film; Vinu Chakravarthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the sets of Santhana Kaatru (1990) because director Manoj Kumar needed a villain who could match Sarath Babu's screen presence. Vinu Chakravarthy was brought in last minute after the original actor backed out.
- In Naalaiya Theerpu (1992), Sarath Babu played the righteous hero while Vinu Chakravarthy played the corrupt politician. Vinu later said in an interview that Sarath's calm delivery forced him to dial down his usual loud style — making their courtroom face-off the film's only memorable scene.
- Vinu Chakravarthy was a dialogue writer before he became an actor. On the sets of Arul (2004), he rewrote all of Sarath Babu's lines in the climax because he felt the original script made his friend look weak. Sarath agreed without a single change.
- Their only post-2000 collaboration, Gajendra (2004), was the final film for both actors in Tamil cinema. Neither worked in Tamil again after that year — Sarath Babu shifted to Telugu, Vinu Chakravarthy moved into full-time politics.
- Vinu Chakravarthy once told a magazine: 'Sarath is the only hero who never complained when I made his character lose an argument. He trusted me as a writer, not just a co-star.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
- Annamalai
- Naalaiya Theerpu
- Arul
- Gajendra
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Gajendra, Sarath Babu kept going for 22 more films; Vinu Chakravarthy stepped back. By the time of Santhana Kaatru, both already had careers — Sarath Babu with 40 films, Vinu Chakravarthy with 38.
Before Santhana Kaatru, Sarath Babu had starred in 40 films, including Nenjathai Killadhe (1980) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Gajendra, Sarath Babu went on to appear in 22 more films, including Shirdi Sai (2012) and Por Thozhil (2023).
Before Santhana Kaatru, Vinu Chakravarthy had starred in 38 films, including Mann Vasanai (1983) and Muthal Vasantham (1986).
After Gajendra, Vinu Chakravarthy went on to appear in 5 more films, including Chinna (2005) and Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sarath Babu & Vinu Chakravarthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Radha Ravi is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Radha Ravi appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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