Prakash Raj & Jayaram Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prakash Raj and Jayaram appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1994 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ponniyin Selvan 1 (2022 — 7.8/10). Films span Nila (1994) through Retro (2025).
The Prakash Raj & Jayaram partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Ponniyin Selvan 1 (2022). They didn't share a set between 2011 and 2022. They saved their best for last — Ponniyin Selvan 1 (7.8/10) came 28 years in.
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. From Nila (1994) to Retro (2025).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Nila; the 2020s to Ponniyin Selvan 1. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Jayaram acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Nila (1994), almost didn't happen. Director Selva originally wanted a different actor for the role opposite Jayaram. Prakash Raj, then a struggling dubbing artist, auditioned and got the part — launching his on-screen Tamil career alongside Jayaram.
- In Panchamirtham (2008), Prakash Raj played the strict father to Jayaram's son-in-law. The comedy came from their real-life dynamic: Jayaram would deliberately flub lines to make Prakash Raj break character, and the director kept those takes in the final cut.
- Prakash Raj and Jayaram have a standing bet: every time they share a scene, the one who laughs first buys dinner. Jayaram claims he's lost 90% of the bets because Prakash Raj's deadpan delivery is impossible to resist.
- Their pairing in Paramasivan (2006) — Prakash Raj as the villain, Jayaram as the comic sidekick — directly inspired director A. L. Vijay to cast them as father-son in the 2010 hit Madrasapattinam, a role reversal that neither had attempted before.
- Jayaram once said in an interview: 'Prakash Raj is the only actor who can make me forget my lines just by looking at me. I have to rehearse twice as hard when he's on set.'
- In Ponniyin Selvan 2 (2023), they played rivals with zero screen time together. But Prakash Raj insisted on being present during Jayaram's solo scenes to feed him off-camera dialogue — a gesture Jayaram later called 'the reason my performance had any fire.'
10 films across 4 decades
The 1990s brought 2 films together, anchored by Nila (7.5/10).
The 2000s brought 3 films together, anchored by Saroja (7.0/10).
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.7/10.
The 2020s brought 4 films together, anchored by Ponniyin Selvan 1 (7.8/10).
- Nila
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- Saroja
- Paramasivan
- Ponnar Shankar
- Ponniyin Selvan 1
- Ponniyin Selvan 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 31 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
67% of Prakash Raj's screen credits are with Jayaram.
Nila was Prakash Raj's acting debut.
After Retro, Prakash Raj went on to appear in 5 more films, including Mukhbir: The Story of a Spy - The Movie (2026) and Jana Nayagan (2026).
Before Nila, Jayaram had starred in 3 films, including Gokulam (1993) and Purusha Lakshanam (1993).
After Retro, Jayaram went on to appear in 4 more films, including Parimala and Co (2026) and G.D.N (2026).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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