Sampath Raj & Vidyullekha Raman Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Sampath Raj acted in every film; Vidyullekha Raman acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• In 'Run Raja Run' (2014), Sampath Raj and Vidyullekha Raman played a married couple. The director, Sujeeth, cast them specifically because he wanted a pair who could switch from comedy to tension in one breath. They had never met before the first reading.
• On the set of 'Jilla' (2014), Vidyullekha kept breaking character because Sampath Raj would deliberately deliver his lines in a deadpan tone right before her punchlines. She told a behind-the-scenes crew that he was 'the only co-star who made her laugh so hard she forgot the camera.'
• During the shoot of 'Jaguar' (2016), Sampath Raj and Vidyullekha Raman developed a ritual: before every scene together, they would high-five and whisper 'no drama' — a joke about how their characters were always fighting on screen while they got along off it.
• The comic bickering between Sampath Raj and Vidyullekha in 'Run Raja Run' (2014) was so well-received that the director added extra scenes for them during reshoots. That film's success directly led to both being cast in 'Jaguar' (2016) as a package deal — the producer wanted 'that same energy' again.
• Vidyullekha Raman said in a 2015 interview: 'Sampath sir is the only actor who can make me feel like I'm actually married to him on screen. He doesn't act with you — he reacts to you.'