Kanchana & Jayalalitha Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kanchana and Jayalalitha appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1966 and 1972. Their highest-rated collaboration was Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966 — 7.5/10). Films span Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966) through Annamitta Kai (1972).
The Kanchana & Jayalalitha partnership
From Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966) to Annamitta Kai (1972). The ran closed with Annamitta Kai in 1972. Motor Sundaram Pillai is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Motor Sundaram Pillai; the 1970s to Annamitta Kai. Kanchana acted in every film; Jayalalitha acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1960s brought 1 film together, anchored by Motor Sundaram Pillai (7.5/10).
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
- Motor Sundaram Pillai
- Annamitta Kai0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Annamitta Kai, Jayalalitha kept going for 24 more films; Kanchana stepped back.
Before Motor Sundaram Pillai, Kanchana had starred in 2 films, including Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964) and Veera Abhimanyu (1965).
After Annamitta Kai, Kanchana went on to appear in 7 more films, including Arjun Reddy (2017) and Avan Oru Sarithiram (1976).
Before Motor Sundaram Pillai, Jayalalitha had starred in 4 films, including Ayirathil Oruvan (1965) and Vennira Aadai (1965).
After Annamitta Kai, Jayalalitha went on to appear in 24 more films, including Pattum Bharathamum (1975) and Anbai Thedi (1974).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kanchana & Jayalalitha's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
B.S Ravichandran is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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