Suriya & Yuvan Shankar Raja Movies Together List — 9 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suriya and Yuvan Shankar Raja appeared together in 9 Tamil films between 1999 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vel (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) through Viruman (2022).
The Suriya & Yuvan Shankar Raja partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. From Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) to Viruman (2022). It started with Poovellam Kettuppar (1999).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poovellam Kettuppar; the 2020s to Viruman. Suriya acted in every film; Yuvan Shankar Raja scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
9 films across 4 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Poovellam Kettuppar
- Vel
- Perazhagan
- Anjaan
- Massu Engira Masilamani
- Viruman
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
9 films across 23 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
53% of Suriya's screen credits are with Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Suriya had starred in 3 films, including Nerrukku Ner (1997) and Sandhippoma (1998).
After Viruman, Suriya went on to appear in 5 more films, including Sarfira (2024) and Karuppu (2026).
Before Poovellam Kettuppar, Yuvan Shankar Raja had starred in 3 films, including Aravindhan (1997) and Kalyana Galatta (1998).
After Viruman, Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to appear in 17 more films, including Paramporul (2023) and Star (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Suriya & Yuvan Shankar Raja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Karunas appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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