Rajinikanth & Visu Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Visu appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1978 and 1997. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thillu Mullu (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Sadhurangam (1978) through Arunachalam (1997).
The Rajinikanth & Visu partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Sadhurangam (1978) to Arunachalam (1997). Thillu Mullu is the one most viewers reach for.
The ran closed with Arunachalam in 1997. It started with Sadhurangam (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Sadhurangam; the 1990s to Arunachalam. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Visu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s brought 2 films together, anchored by Thillu Mullu (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.3/10.
- Sadhurangam
- Thillu Mullu
- Mr. Bharath
- Arunachalam
- Mannan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Sadhurangam, Rajinikanth had starred in 10 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Arunachalam, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 22 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Sadhurangam was Visu's acting debut.
After Arunachalam, Visu went on to appear in 16 more films, including Kakkai Siraginilae (2000) and Thithikudhe (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Visu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Goundamani is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Goundamani appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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