Karan & Sivakumar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karan and Sivakumar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1997 and 2000. Their highest-rated collaboration was Raman Abdullah (1997 — 6.5/10). Films span Raman Abdullah (1997) through Ilayavan (2000).
The Karan & Sivakumar partnership
From Raman Abdullah (1997) to Ilayavan (2000). The played out closed with Ilayavan in 2000. It started with Raman Abdullah (1997).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Raman Abdullah; the 2000s to Ilayavan. Karan acted in every film; Sivakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Raman Abdullah
- Kannupada Poguthaiya
- Ilayavan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
When they first worked together, Karan had 7 films behind them; Sivakumar had 140.
Before Raman Abdullah, Karan had starred in 7 films, including Kadhal Kottai (1996) and Coimbatore Mappillai (1996).
After Ilayavan, Karan went on to appear in 20 more films, including Arasatchi (2004) and Kunguma Pottu Gounder (2001).
Before Raman Abdullah, Sivakumar had starred in 140 films, including Arangetram (1973) and Annai Velankanni (1971).
After Ilayavan, Sivakumar went on to appear in 11 more films, including Kathir (2022) and Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karan & Sivakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charle is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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