Rajinikanth & Mohan Babu Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Mohan Babu appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1978 and 1995. Their highest-rated collaboration was Peddarayudu (1995 — 5.5/10). Films span Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) through Peddarayudu (1995).
The Rajinikanth & Mohan Babu partnership
After 15 years apart, they came back together for Peddarayudu (1995). They didn't share a set between 1980 and 1995. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) to Peddarayudu (1995). It started with Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Thai Meethu Sathiyam; the 1990s to Peddarayudu. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Mohan Babu acted in all of them.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Thai Meethu Sathiyam0
- Natchathiram0
- Peddarayudu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Thai Meethu Sathiyam, Rajinikanth had starred in 10 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Peddarayudu, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 24 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Before Thai Meethu Sathiyam, Mohan Babu had starred in 1 film, including Annan Oru Koyil (1977).
After Peddarayudu, Mohan Babu went on to appear in 37 more films, including Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013) and Mahanati (2018).
Collaboration Journey
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