Rajinikanth & Kavithalaya Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Kavithalaya appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1981 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Velaikaran (1987 — 4.9/10). Films span Netri Kann (1981) through Velaikaran (1987).
The Rajinikanth & Kavithalaya partnership
From Netri Kann (1981) to Velaikaran (1987). The ran closed with Velaikaran in 1987. It started with Netri Kann (1981).
The shape of the work
Rajinikanth acted in every film; Kavithalaya produced all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Velaikaran
- Netri Kann0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 6 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 44 films behind them; Kavithalaya had 0. After Velaikaran, Rajinikanth kept going for 56 more films; Kavithalaya stepped back.
Before Netri Kann, Rajinikanth had starred in 44 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979).
After Velaikaran, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 56 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Netri Kann was Kavithalaya's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Kavithalaya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 2 of their 2 films.
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