Rajinikanth & Prabhakar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Prabhakar appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1977 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Annamalai (1992 — 5.8/10). Films span Gaayathri (1977) through Pandiyan (1992).
The Rajinikanth & Prabhakar partnership
After 14 years apart, they came back together for Annamalai (1992). They didn't share a set between 1978 and 1992. They saved their best for last — Annamalai (5.8/10) came 15 years in.
From Gaayathri (1977) to Pandiyan (1992). It started with Gaayathri (1977).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Gaayathri; the 1990s to Annamalai. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Prabhakar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.9/10.
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- Annamalai
- Pandiyan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Gaayathri, Rajinikanth had starred in 2 films, including Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and Moondru Mudichu (1976).
After Pandiyan, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 33 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Before Gaayathri, Prabhakar had starred in 1 film, including Anbu Vazhi (1968).
After Pandiyan, Prabhakar went on to appear in 20 more films, including Maryada Ramanna (2010) and Pon Manickavel (2020).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Prabhakar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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