Rajinikanth & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Radha Ravi appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1988 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Muthu (1995 — 6.1/10). Films span Guru Sishyan (1988) through Lingaa (2014).
The Rajinikanth & Radha Ravi partnership
After 19 years apart, they came back together for Lingaa (2014). They didn't share a set between 1995 and 2014. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Guru Sishyan (1988) to Lingaa (2014). It started with Guru Sishyan (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Guru Sishyan; the 2010s to Lingaa. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
- Guru Sishyan
- Rajadhi Raja
- Muthu
- Annamalai
- Lingaa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 26 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 100 films behind them; Radha Ravi had 24. After Lingaa, Radha Ravi kept going for 64 more films; Rajinikanth stepped back.
Before Guru Sishyan, Rajinikanth had starred in 100 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979).
After Lingaa, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 11 more films, including Petta (2019) and Jailer (2023).
Before Guru Sishyan, Radha Ravi had starred in 24 films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Vazhga! Valarga! (1987).
After Lingaa, Radha Ravi went on to appear in 64 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Sivalinga (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 7 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them. Janagaraj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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