Arjun & Livingston Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Arjun and Livingston appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1991 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chinna (2005 — 6.5/10). Films span Thanga Thamaraigal (1991) through Vallakottai (2010).
The Arjun & Livingston partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Suyamvaram (1999). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 1991 and 1999.
From Thanga Thamaraigal (1991) to Vallakottai (2010). It started with Thanga Thamaraigal (1991).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Suyamvaram; the 2010s to Vallakottai. Arjun acted in every film; Livingston acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Arjun and Livingston first met on the sets of Thanga Thamaraigal (1991) — but not as co-stars. Livingston was an assistant director on that film. Arjun saw him act in a small role and insisted he take up acting full-time.
- In Suyamvaram (1999), Arjun played a deaf-mute character. Livingston, who co-wrote the film, wrote all his scenes to rely on physical cues from Arjun's expressions. They rehearsed each scene without dialogue first, then added Livingston's lines around Arjun's reactions.
- Livingston has said in interviews that Arjun personally taught him how to pace his dialogue delivery for the big screen. Before Chinna (2005), Livingston was known for rapid-fire lines. Arjun made him slow down and breathe between words — that change stuck with him for every film after.
- The fight choreography in Vallakottai (2010) was directly inspired by a real brawl Arjun and Livingston witnessed together at a Chennai market in 2008. They recreated the exact sequence of moves — including a guy getting hit with a coconut — and it became the most talked-about action scene in the film.
- Livingston once said: 'Arjun is the only actor who made me forget I was acting. In Chinna, during the climax, I actually cried real tears because he was crying in front of me — not acting, just crying.'
4 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Suyamvaram
- Thanga Thamaraigal0
- Chinna
- Vallakottai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Vallakottai, Livingston kept going for 47 more films; Arjun stepped back.
Before Thanga Thamaraigal, Arjun had starred in 28 films, including Engal Kural (1985) and Thaimel Aanai (1988).
After Vallakottai, Arjun went on to appear in 20 more films, including Maasi (2012) and Irumbu Thirai (2018).
Before Thanga Thamaraigal, Livingston had starred in 8 films, including Pattukku Naan Adimai (1990) and Kanni Rasi (1985).
After Vallakottai, Livingston went on to appear in 47 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Taanakkaran (2022).
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