Karunakaran & Kalaiyarasan Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karunakaran and Kalaiyarasan appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2018 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Karungaapiyam (2023 — 6.0/10). Films span Kalavu (2018) through Karungaapiyam (2023).
The Karunakaran & Kalaiyarasan partnership
From Kalavu (2018) to Karungaapiyam (2023). Their most recent film, Karungaapiyam, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with Kalavu (2018).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Kalavu; the 2020s to Karungaapiyam. Karunakaran acted in every film; Kalaiyarasan acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
- Kalavu0
- Karungaapiyam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Kalavu, both already had careers — Karunakaran with 40 films, Kalaiyarasan with 16.
Before Kalavu, Karunakaran had starred in 40 films, including Indru Netru Naalai (2015) and Jigarthanda (2014).
After Karungaapiyam, Karunakaran went on to appear in 14 more films, including Meiyazhagan (2024) and Retro (2025).
Before Kalavu, Kalaiyarasan had starred in 16 films, including Nandalala (2010) and Madras (2014).
After Karungaapiyam, Kalaiyarasan went on to appear in 10 more films, including Thandakaaranyam (2025) and Vaazhai (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karunakaran & Kalaiyarasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aadhav Kannadasan is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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