Rajinikanth & Suresh Krishna Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Suresh Krishna appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1992 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Veera (1994 — 6.5/10). Films span Annamalai (1992) through Baba (2002).
The Rajinikanth & Suresh Krishna partnership
From Annamalai (1992) to Baba (2002). The unfolded closed with Baba in 2002. It started with Annamalai (1992).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Veera; the 2000s to Baba. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Suresh Krishna directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Rajinikanth personally called Suresh Krishna to direct Annamalai after being blown away by his work on the Telugu film 'Prema Yuddham'. The director was just 27 at the time.
- On the sets of Baashha, Suresh Krishna would give Rajinikanth only a one-line scene premise and let him improvise the entire dialogue. The 'Naan oru thadavu sonna' monologue was entirely Rajini's creation on the spot.
- Baashha single-handedly created the 'mass hero' template in Tamil cinema. Every single 'rowdy with a heart of gold' film that followed — from Dheena to Ghilli — owes its DNA to what these two cooked up in 1995.
- After Baba flopped hard in 2002, Suresh Krishna didn't direct another film for 7 years. Rajinikanth reportedly told him, 'This is on me, not you,' and the two remained close — Krishna later directed Rajini's daughter Aishwarya in a TV serial.
- Suresh Krishna once said in an interview: 'With Rajini sir, I never wrote a bound script. I'd just tell him the emotion, and he'd become the character. He trusted me blindly, and I trusted his instinct.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Veera
- Annamalai
- Baba
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Rajinikanth had 119 films behind them; Suresh Krishna had 4.
Before Annamalai, Rajinikanth had starred in 119 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979).
After Baba, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 19 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Before Annamalai, Suresh Krishna had directed 4 films, including Amma (1991) and Love (1991).
After Baba, Suresh Krishna went on to direct 8 more films, including Raghavendra (2003) and Asthram (2006).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Suresh Krishna's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Janagaraj is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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