Jiiva & Karunakaran Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jiiva and Karunakaran appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2014 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kavalai Vendam (2016 — 5.5/10). Films span Yaan (2014) through Kavalai Vendam (2016).
The Jiiva & Karunakaran partnership
From Yaan (2014) to Kavalai Vendam (2016). It started with Yaan (2014).
The shape of the work
Jiiva acted in every film; Karunakaran acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Kavalai Vendam
- Yaan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Kavalai Vendam, Karunakaran kept going for 58 more films; Jiiva stepped back.
Before Yaan, Jiiva had starred in 21 films, including Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012) and E (2006).
After Kavalai Vendam, Jiiva went on to appear in 15 more films, including 83 (2021) and Black (2024).
Before Yaan, Karunakaran had starred in 3 films, including Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey (2012).
After Kavalai Vendam, Karunakaran went on to appear in 58 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Meiyazhagan (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jiiva & Karunakaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Arjunan Nandakumar is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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