Prakash Raj & Suhasini Maniratnam Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Iruvar; the 2010s to Race Gurram. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Suhasini Maniratnam acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 3 films in Telugu.

Partnership facts

• Prakash Raj and Suhasini first acted together in Nandhini (1997) because Suhasini herself cast him. She was directing the film and needed a villain who could match her intensity. She picked Prakash Raj after seeing him in a small role — and that film became his first Tamil release.
• In Sri Anjaneyam (2004), Suhasini played a mother figure to Prakash Raj's character. Off-screen, she was the senior actor who set the emotional tone on set. Prakash Raj later said she made him slow down his dialogue delivery — he was used to rushing lines, but she taught him to let silence land.
• They share a real-life bond that goes back decades. Suhasini was a close friend of Prakash Raj's first wife. After her passing, Suhasini quietly supported him through the grief. They never talked about it publicly, but he once called her 'family that isn't blood.'
• Their 2014 Telugu film Race Gurram was a massive hit — and it directly led to Prakash Raj being cast in the Tamil remake. Suhasini recommended him to the remake's director, saying he was the only actor who could bring the same menace. The remake never happened, but the recommendation kept his career rolling.
• Prakash Raj once said about Suhasini: 'She doesn't just act with you — she directs you from inside the scene. When I worked with her in Nandhini, I learned what it means to listen with your eyes.' He said this in a 2018 interview about Sollividava.
• In Sollividava (2018), their only hit together, they played a married couple with a broken relationship. Suhasini insisted they rehearse every scene in one continuous take — no cuts. Prakash Raj hated it at first, but the final film has a raw, live-theatre energy that critics praised. That was her idea.