Kamal Haasan & Lakshmi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kamal Haasan and Lakshmi appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1974 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naan Avanillai (1974 — 7.5/10). Films span Naan Avanillai (1974) through Eenadu (2009).
The Kamal Haasan & Lakshmi partnership
After 28 years apart, they came back together for Unnaipol Oruvan (2009). They didn't share a set between 1981 and 2009. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.0 and 7.5. From Naan Avanillai (1974) to Eenadu (2009).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Naan Avanillai; the 2000s to Unnaipol Oruvan. Kamal Haasan acted in every film; Lakshmi acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1970s brought 1 film together, anchored by Naan Avanillai (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 1 film together, anchored by Savaal (7.0/10).
The 2000s brought 2 films together, anchored by Unnaipol Oruvan (7.5/10).
- Naan Avanillai
- Savaal
- Unnaipol Oruvan
- Eenadu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 35 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Kamal Haasan had 9 films behind them; Lakshmi had 39. After Eenadu, Kamal Haasan kept going for 23 more films; Lakshmi stepped back.
Before Naan Avanillai, Kamal Haasan had starred in 9 films, including Arangetram (1973) and Annai Velankanni (1971).
After Eenadu, Kamal Haasan went on to appear in 23 more films, including Vikram (2022) and Papanasam (2015).
Before Naan Avanillai, Lakshmi had starred in 39 films, including Karaikkal Ammayar (1973) and Rajaraja Cholan (1973).
After Eenadu, Lakshmi went on to appear in 8 more films, including Midhunam (2012) and Kushi (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kamal Haasan & Lakshmi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anuja Iyer is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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