Raadhika Sarathkumar & Vijayakumar Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s belonged to Ninaivu Chinnam; the 2010s to Chennaiyil Oru Naal. Raadhika Sarathkumar acted in every film; Vijayakumar acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• They first worked together in Raja Rishi (1985) because Vijayakumar specifically requested Raadhika for the female lead. He had seen her work and told the director he wouldn't do the film without her.
• In Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993), Raadhika played a village woman opposite Vijayakumar's older, authoritative character. She later said he deliberately held back his intensity in scenes so her performance wouldn't get overshadowed — a move she called 'selfless acting.'
• Vijayakumar was a mentor figure to Raadhika off-screen. During the shoot of Ninaivu Chinnam (1989), he personally coached her on delivering emotional dialogues in long single takes — a technique she later used in her own productions.
• Their film Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) directly launched the career of director Bharathiraja's son Manoj Bharathiraja as a child actor. The film's success made Manoj a sought-after kid star in Tamil cinema for the next few years.
• Raadhika once said in an interview: 'Vijayakumar sir never treated me like a co-star. He treated me like a daughter on set. That's why every scene with him felt safe.'
• In Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013), a thriller where they played a married couple, they deliberately broke their usual on-screen dynamic. Vijayakumar played the vulnerable, emotional one while Raadhika took charge — a complete reversal of their earlier films together.