Vijayakumar & Mayilsamy Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakumar and Mayilsamy appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1990 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vaitheeswaran (2008 — 6.8/10). Films span Panakkaran (1990) through Paranjsothy (2015).
The Vijayakumar & Mayilsamy partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for Vaitheeswaran (2008). They didn't share a set between 1992 and 2008. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Panakkaran (1990) to Paranjsothy (2015). It started with Panakkaran (1990).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Panakkaran; the 2010s to Paranjsothy. Vijayakumar acted in every film; Mayilsamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.2/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
- Panakkaran
- Senthamizh Paattu0
- Vaitheeswaran
- Paranjsothy0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 25 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Vijayakumar had 72 films behind them; Mayilsamy had 3. After Paranjsothy, Mayilsamy kept going for 51 more films; Vijayakumar stepped back.
Before Panakkaran, Vijayakumar had starred in 72 films, including Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) and Ninaivu Chinnam (1989).
After Paranjsothy, Vijayakumar went on to appear in 10 more films, including Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020) and Kuttram 23 (2017).
Before Panakkaran, Mayilsamy had starred in 3 films, including Kanni Rasi (1985) and En Thangachi Padichava (1988).
After Paranjsothy, Mayilsamy went on to appear in 51 more films, including Kaatrin Mozhi (2018) and Server Sundaram (2020).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijayakumar & Mayilsamy'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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