Catherine Tresa & Madhusudhan Rao Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Catherine Tresa and Madhusudhan Rao appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kathakali (2016 — 6.4/10). Films span Kathakali (2016) through Aruvam (2019).
The Catherine Tresa & Madhusudhan Rao partnership
From Kathakali (2016) to Aruvam (2019). It started with Kathakali (2016).
The shape of the work
Catherine Tresa acted in every film; Madhusudhan Rao acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Kathakali
- Aruvam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Aruvam, Madhusudhan Rao kept going for 25 more films; Catherine Tresa stepped back.
Before Kathakali, Catherine Tresa had starred in 7 films, including Madras (2014) and Paisa (2014).
After Aruvam, Catherine Tresa went on to appear in 8 more films, including Macherla Niyojakavargam (2022) and Bimbisara (2022).
Before Kathakali, Madhusudhan Rao had starred in 5 films, including Prasthanam (2010) and Thani Oruvan (2015).
After Aruvam, Madhusudhan Rao went on to appear in 25 more films, including Taanakkaran (2022) and Alluri (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Catherine Tresa & Madhusudhan Rao's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aadukalam Naren is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.























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