Karunakaran & Shobi Paulraj Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karunakaran and Shobi Paulraj appeared together in 2 Tamil films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanithan (2016 — 6.3/10). Films span Gethu (2016) through Kanithan (2016).
The Karunakaran & Shobi Paulraj partnership
From Gethu (2016) to Kanithan (2016). It started with Gethu (2016).
The shape of the work
Karunakaran acted in every film; Shobi Paulraj dance choreographer all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Kanithan
- Gethu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Kanithan, Karunakaran kept going for 58 more films; Shobi Paulraj stepped back.
Before Gethu, Karunakaran had starred in 17 films, including Indru Netru Naalai (2015) and Jigarthanda (2014).
After Kanithan, Karunakaran went on to appear in 58 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Meiyazhagan (2024).
Gethu was Shobi Paulraj's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karunakaran & Shobi Paulraj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aadukalam Naren is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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