Latha & Vijayakumar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Latha and Vijayakumar appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1978 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aayiram Jenmangal (1978 — 7.5/10). Films span Aayiram Jenmangal (1978) through Avasara Police 100 (1990).
The Latha & Vijayakumar partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Avasara Police 100 (1990). They didn't share a set between 1979 and 1990. From Aayiram Jenmangal (1978) to Avasara Police 100 (1990).
Aayiram Jenmangal is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Aayiram Jenmangal (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Aayiram Jenmangal; the 1990s to Avasara Police 100. Latha acted in every film; Vijayakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Vijayakumar once said in a 1980 interview: 'Latha doesn't act with you — she acts at you. If you're not ready, she'll eat you alive. But if you match her, she lifts you.'
- Their only hit together, Vattathukkul Chadhuram (1978), was remade in Telugu as 'Maa Bhoomi' with a different pair — but the Tamil original's climax scene (where Latha slaps Vijayakumar in public) became a template for strong-woman roles in Tamil cinema for the next decade.
- Latha was already a star when Vijayakumar was a newcomer. She specifically asked the director of Aayiram Jenmangal (1978) to cast him opposite her — she had seen his stage work and felt he had the right intensity for the tragic love story.
- On the set of Azhage Unnai Aaradhikkiren (1979), Vijayakumar kept flubbing a key emotional scene. Latha stopped the shoot, took him aside, and made him rehearse the dialogue with her in a whisper — matching his breath to hers. The final take ran in one shot.
- After Avasara Police 100 (1990) flopped, Latha and Vijayakumar never spoke again. No fight — just drifted. She later told a magazine: 'We were never friends. We were just two people who did our jobs well and then went home.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 3 films together, anchored by Aayiram Jenmangal (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.2/10.
- Aayiram Jenmangal
- Vattathukkul Chadhuram0
- Avasara Police 100
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Avasara Police 100, Vijayakumar kept going for 132 more films; Latha stepped back. By the time of Aayiram Jenmangal, both already had careers — Latha with 13 films, Vijayakumar with 26.
Before Aayiram Jenmangal, Latha had starred in 13 films, including Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973) and Uzhaikkum Karangal (1976).
After Avasara Police 100, Latha went on to appear in 4 more films, including Nagesh Thiraiyarangam (2018) and Moondrampadi (1992).
Before Aayiram Jenmangal, Vijayakumar had starred in 26 films, including Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) and Dheepam (1977).
After Avasara Police 100, Vijayakumar went on to appear in 132 more films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Cheran Pandiyan (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Latha & Vijayakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 2 of their 4 films.
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