Suriya & Ambika Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suriya and Ambika appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1998 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vel (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Sandhippoma (1998) through Vel (2007).
The Suriya & Ambika partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Vel (2007). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2007. From Sandhippoma (1998) to Vel (2007).
It started with Sandhippoma (1998).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poovellam Kettuppar; the 2000s to Vel. Suriya acted in every film; Ambika acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.8/10.
- Poovellam Kettuppar
- Sandhippoma
- Vel
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 9 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, Suriya had 1 films behind them; Ambika had 68. After Vel, Suriya kept going for 29 more films; Ambika stepped back.
Before Sandhippoma, Suriya had starred in 1 film, including Nerrukku Ner (1997).
After Vel, Suriya went on to appear in 29 more films, including Jai Bhim (2021) and Sarfira (2024).
Before Sandhippoma, Ambika had starred in 68 films, including Vazhvey Maayam (1982) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
After Vel, Ambika went on to appear in 10 more films, including Jigarthanda (2014) and Kalasal (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Suriya & Ambika's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nassar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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