Rajinikanth & Pandari Bai Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Pandari Bai appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1978 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sadhurangam (1978 — 6.5/10). Films span Sadhurangam (1978) through Mannan (1992).
The Rajinikanth & Pandari Bai partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Mannan (1992). They didn't share a set between 1980 and 1992. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Sadhurangam (1978) to Mannan (1992). It started with Sadhurangam (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Sadhurangam; the 1990s to Mannan. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Pandari Bai acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.6/10.
- Sadhurangam
- Naan Potta Savaal0
- Mannan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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 Mannan, Rajinikanth kept going for 33 more films; Pandari Bai stepped back. By the time of Sadhurangam, both already had careers — Rajinikanth with 10 films, Pandari Bai with 38.
Before Sadhurangam, Rajinikanth had starred in 10 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Mannan, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 33 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Before Sadhurangam, Pandari Bai had starred in 38 films, including Deiva Magan (1969) and Aval (1972).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Pandari Bai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manorama is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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