Rajasekhar & Jaishankar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajasekhar and Jaishankar appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1983 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Padikkadavan (1985 — 5.0/10). Films span Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983) through Mappillai (1989).
The Rajasekhar & Jaishankar partnership
Between 1983 and 1989, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 6 years. From Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983) to Mappillai (1989). The unfolded closed with Mappillai in 1989.
It started with Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983).
The shape of the work
Rajasekhar directed every film; Jaishankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 1 decade
- Padikkadavan
- Maaveeran
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 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
When they first worked together, Rajasekhar had 5 films behind them; Jaishankar had 166.
Before Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, Rajasekhar had directed 5 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Amma (1982).
After Mappillai, Rajasekhar went on to direct 19 more films, including Mahankali (2013) and Simha Raasi (2001).
Before Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, Jaishankar had starred in 166 films, including Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and Pattanathil Bhootham (1967).
After Mappillai, Jaishankar went on to appear in 19 more films, including Gokulam (1993) and Priyanka (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajasekhar & Jaishankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 4 films. Rajinikanth appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them.
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