Rajasekhar & Thengai Srinivasan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajasekhar and Thengai Srinivasan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1985 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Padikkadavan (1985 — 5.0/10). Films span Kaakki Sattai (1985) through Maaveeran (1986).
The Rajasekhar & Thengai Srinivasan partnership
From Kaakki Sattai (1985) to Maaveeran (1986). The played out closed with Maaveeran in 1986. It started with Kaakki Sattai (1985).
The shape of the work
Rajasekhar directed every film; Thengai Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Padikkadavan
- Maaveeran
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 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 9 films behind them; Thengai Srinivasan had 133. After Maaveeran, Rajasekhar kept going for 23 more films; Thengai Srinivasan stepped back.
Before Kaakki Sattai, Rajasekhar had directed 9 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Thambikku Entha Ooru (1984).
After Maaveeran, Rajasekhar went on to direct 23 more films, including Koolikaran (1987) and Mahankali (2013).
Before Kaakki Sattai, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 133 films, including Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979) and Priya (1978).
After Maaveeran, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Krishnan Vandhan (1987) and Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (1987).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajasekhar & Thengai Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ambika is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Ambika appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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