Karunakaran & Chandran Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karunakaran and Chandran appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2016 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was Manmadha Leelai (2022 — 5.7/10). Films span Graghanam (2016) through Manmadha Leelai (2022).
The Karunakaran & Chandran partnership
From Graghanam (2016) to Manmadha Leelai (2022). It started with Graghanam (2016).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Graghanam; the 2020s to Manmadha Leelai. Karunakaran acted in every film; Chandran acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.7/10.
- Graghanam0
- Manmadha Leelai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Manmadha Leelai, Karunakaran kept going for 20 more films; Chandran stepped back.
Before Graghanam, Karunakaran had starred in 17 films, including Indru Netru Naalai (2015) and Jigarthanda (2014).
After Manmadha Leelai, Karunakaran went on to appear in 20 more films, including Meiyazhagan (2024) and Kasethan Kadavulada (2023).
Before Graghanam, Chandran had starred in 1 film, including Kayal (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karunakaran & Chandran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ashok Selvan is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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