Raadhika Sarathkumar & Vijayakanth Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Raadhika Sarathkumar and Vijayakanth appeared together in 13 Tamil films between 1979 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Therkkathi Kallan (1988 — 6.5/10). Films span Inikkum Ilamai (1979) through Uzhaithu Vazhavendum (1988).
The Raadhika Sarathkumar & Vijayakanth partnership
They saved their best for last — Therkkathi Kallan (6.5/10) came 9 years in. 1988 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 9 years, a Raadhika–Vijayakanth film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Therkkathi Kallan (6.5) at one end, Nallavan (1.0) at the other. From Inikkum Ilamai (1979) to Uzhaithu Vazhavendum (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 92% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Inikkum Ilamai; the 1980s to Therkkathi Kallan. Raadhika Sarathkumar acted in every film; Vijayakanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Inikkum Ilamai (1979), was a remake of the Hindi hit 'Khel Khel Mein'. Vijayakanth was still a newcomer finding his footing, and Raadhika was already a star. She reportedly recommended him to the director after being impressed by his sincerity during a screen test.
- On sets, Raadhika was the one who set the emotional pace. Vijayakanth once admitted in an interview that she would cry on cue and pull him into the scene so naturally that he forgot his lines. He said she made him 'act with his eyes' instead of just delivering dialogues.
- Despite making 13 films in just 9 years, they never had a single reported fight or ego clash. Crew members from 'Uzhavan Magan' (1987) recall that they would share the same lunch box between shots — a habit they carried from their first film together.
- Their pairing in 'Therkkathi Kallan' (1988) — the highest-rated film of their collaboration — directly inspired director R. K. Selvamani to cast them again in 'Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran' the same year. That film bombed, but the trend of pairing them in village action dramas continued for two more films.
- Vijayakanth once told a magazine: 'Raadhika is the only co-star who could scold me on set and I wouldn't mind. She treated me like a younger brother, not a hero.'
- After their last film together in 1988, they never worked again — not because of a fallout, but because Vijayakanth shifted to politics and Raadhika moved into television. Yet in 2016, when Vijayakanth was hospitalised, Raadhika was one of the first industry colleagues to visit him, sitting by his bedside for two hours.
13 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 12 films, averaging 2.3/10.
- Inikkum Ilamai0
- Therkkathi Kallan
- Nane Raja Nane Mandhiri
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Inikkum Ilamai, Raadhika Sarathkumar had starred in 1 film, including Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978).
After Uzhaithu Vazhavendum, Raadhika Sarathkumar went on to appear in 67 more films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Ninaivu Chinnam (1989).
Inikkum Ilamai was Vijayakanth's acting debut.
After Uzhaithu Vazhavendum, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 70 more films, including En Kitta Mothathey (1990) and En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan (1989).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Raadhika Sarathkumar & Vijayakanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja scored 6 of them. M. N. Nambiar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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