Rajinikanth & M. S. Viswanathan Movies Together List — 21 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and M. S. Viswanathan appeared together in 21 Tamil films between 1975 and 1983. Their highest-rated collaboration was Apoorva Raagangal (1975 — 8.3/10). Films span Apoorva Raagangal (1975) through Sigappu Suriyan (1983).
The Rajinikanth & M. S. Viswanathan partnership
Between 1975 and 1983, they barely worked apart — 21 films in 8 years. 1978 was their peak — 8 films in twelve months. For 8 years, a Rajinikanth–M. film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 8.3. From Apoorva Raagangal (1975) to Sigappu Suriyan (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Apoorva Raagangal; the 1980s to Billa. Rajinikanth acted in every film; M. S. Viswanathan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
21 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 14 films together, anchored by Apoorva Raagangal (8.3/10).
The 1980s brought 7 films together, anchored by Billa (7.5/10).
- Apoorva Raagangal
- Ninaithale Inikkum
- Billa
- Polladhavan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
21 films across 8 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Sigappu Suriyan, Rajinikanth kept going for 89 more films; M. S. Viswanathan stepped back.
Apoorva Raagangal was Rajinikanth's acting debut.
After Sigappu Suriyan, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 89 more films, including Robot (2010) and Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984).
Before Apoorva Raagangal, M. S. Viswanathan had starred in 8 films, including Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) and Anbai Thedi (1974).
After Sigappu Suriyan, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 70 more films, including Iru Medhaigal (1984) and Tharaasu (1984).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & M. S. Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakumar appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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