Anushka Shetty & Arya Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anushka Shetty and Arya appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2013 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Irandaam Ulagam (2013 — 5.3/10). Films span Irandaam Ulagam (2013) through Inji Iduppazhagi (2015).
The Anushka Shetty & Arya partnership
From Irandaam Ulagam (2013) to Inji Iduppazhagi (2015). It started with Irandaam Ulagam (2013).
The shape of the work
Anushka Shetty acted in every film; Arya acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Arya was the one who pushed director Selvaraghavan to cast Anushka in 'Irandaam Ulagam' (2013). Selvaraghavan initially wanted a different actress, but Arya insisted she was the only one who could pull off the dual role.
- On the set of 'Varna' (2013), Anushka and Arya developed a silent shorthand for emotional scenes. Arya would slow his dialogue delivery by half a beat, and Anushka would match his pause with a micro-expression — a trick they carried into 'Inji Iduppazhagi' (2015).
- Their pairing in 'Inji Iduppazhagi' (2015) directly inspired the body-positive romance trend in Tamil cinema. Two years later, director Balaji Mohan cited this film as the reason he cast a plus-size lead in 'Meyaadha Maan' (2017).
- During the 'Irandaam Ulagam' shoot, Anushka and Arya shared a flat in Chennai for three months. Arya cooked, Anushka did the dishes — they called it 'hostel life' and stayed friends long after the films ended.
- Arya said in a 2015 interview: 'Anushka is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines. She stares at me with those eyes, and I just blank out. We had to do retakes for every romantic scene in Varna.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Irandaam Ulagam
- Inji Iduppazhagi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Irandaam Ulagam, both already had careers — Anushka Shetty with 28 films, Arya with 20.
Before Irandaam Ulagam, Anushka Shetty had starred in 28 films, including Khaleja (2010) and Vedam (2010).
After Inji Iduppazhagi, Anushka Shetty went on to appear in 13 more films, including Baahubali 2 (2017) and Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017).
Before Irandaam Ulagam, Arya had starred in 20 films, including Naan Kadavul (2009) and Vattaram (2006).
After Inji Iduppazhagi, Arya went on to appear in 24 more films, including Sarpatta Parambarai (2021) and Captain (2022).
Collaboration Journey
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