Rajinikanth & V. Gopalakrishnan Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and V. Gopalakrishnan appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1978 and 1983. Their highest-rated collaboration was Dharma Yuddham (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Sadhurangam (1978) through Thanga Magan (1983).
The Rajinikanth & V. Gopalakrishnan partnership
Between 1978 and 1983, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 5 years. For 5 years, a Rajinikanth–V. film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.5.
From Sadhurangam (1978) to Thanga Magan (1983). Polladhavan (1980, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Dharma Yuddham; the 1980s to Johnny. Rajinikanth acted in every film; V. Gopalakrishnan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Dharma Yuddham (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 4 films together, anchored by Johnny (7.5/10).
- Dharma Yuddham
- Sadhurangam
- Johnny
- Polladhavan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 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
After Thanga Magan, Rajinikanth kept going for 89 more films; V. Gopalakrishnan stepped back. By the time of Sadhurangam, both already had careers — Rajinikanth with 10 films, V. Gopalakrishnan with 14.
Before Sadhurangam, Rajinikanth had starred in 10 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Thanga Magan, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 89 more films, including Robot (2010) and Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984).
Before Sadhurangam, V. Gopalakrishnan had starred in 14 films, including Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973) and Velli Vizha (1972).
After Thanga Magan, V. Gopalakrishnan went on to appear in 17 more films, including Nalla Naal (1984) and Vetri (1984).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & V. Gopalakrishnan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 6 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them. Sridevi appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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