Suriya & Kovai Sarala Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suriya and Kovai Sarala appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1999 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Poovellam Kettuppar (1999 — 5.4/10). Films span Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) through Kanguva (2024).
The Suriya & Kovai Sarala partnership
After 24 years apart, they came back together for Kanguva (2024). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2024. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) to Kanguva (2024). Their most recent film, Kanguva, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poovellam Kettuppar; the 2020s to Kanguva. Suriya acted in every film; Kovai Sarala acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.0/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.1/10.
- Poovellam Kettuppar
- Uyirile Kalanthathu
- Kanguva
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
33% of Suriya's screen credits are with Kovai Sarala. When they first worked together, Suriya had 3 films behind them; Kovai Sarala had 46.
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Suriya had starred in 3 films, including Nerrukku Ner (1997) and Sandhippoma (1998).
After Kanguva, Suriya went on to appear in 3 more films, including Karuppu (2026) and Retro (2025).
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Kovai Sarala had starred in 46 films, including Mundhanai Mudichu (1983) and Chinna Vathiyar (1995).
After Kanguva, Kovai Sarala went on to appear in 4 more films, including Maareesan (2025) and CHAMPION (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Suriya & Kovai Sarala's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jyothika is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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