Vijayakumar & Major Sundarrajan Movies Together List — 12 Films

The shape of the work

The 1970s belonged to Dheepam; the 1980s to Thyagi. Major Sundarrajan actor in some, director in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Director A. C. Tirulokchandar paired them for the first time in 'Mogam Muppadhu Varusham' (1976) because he wanted a father-son dynamic that felt real — Vijayakumar was just 10 years younger than Sundarrajan on screen, but their age gap worked perfectly for the story.
• In 'Dheepam' (1977), Sundarrajan played a blind father and Vijayakumar his caretaker son. Sundarrajan insisted on rehearsing the blind walk for two weeks before shooting, and Vijayakumar would literally guide him off-camera during takes — their physical coordination became the film's emotional anchor.
• Their 1982 film 'Nenjangal' launched composer Ilaiyaraaja's career as a full-fledged music director in Tamil cinema — the soundtrack became a cult hit, and both actors later credited the film's songs for giving their performances extra emotional weight.
• On the sets of 'Palootti Valartha Kili' (1976), Vijayakumar's young son was often brought to the location. Sundarrajan would spend hours teaching the boy Tamil folk songs between shots — a gesture Vijayakumar later called 'the kindest thing anyone did for my family' in a 1990s interview.
• Vijayakumar once said: 'Major Sundarrajan was the only co-star who would correct my dialogue delivery in the middle of a scene — and I never felt insulted because he did it like a father fixing his son's shirt.'