Raadhika Sarathkumar & Rajendran Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Raadhika Sarathkumar and Rajendran appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1995 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Theri (2016 — 7.0/10). Films span Puthiya Aatchi (1995) through Mupparimanam (2017).
The Raadhika Sarathkumar & Rajendran partnership
After 20 years apart, they came back together for Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015). They didn't share a set between 1995 and 2015. They saved their best for last — Theri (7.0/10) came 21 years in.
From Puthiya Aatchi (1995) to Mupparimanam (2017). Theri is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Puthiya Aatchi; the 2010s to Theri. Raadhika Sarathkumar acted in every film; Rajendran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Puthiya Aatchi (1995), but neither was the lead. Rajendran was a junior artist with no lines; Raadhika was already a star. He later said she was the first big actor who didn't treat him like invisible furniture on set.
- In Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015), Raadhika played a fierce cop and Rajendran played her comic sidekick. She set the serious tone in every scene, then deliberately paused to let him land his punchlines. He told an interviewer she 'gave him the space to breathe' in a comedy role that could have been overbearing.
- Rajendran has publicly called Raadhika his 'first film mother' — not because of any on-screen role, but because she personally recommended him for a bigger part in a TV serial in the early 2000s, years after Puthiya Aatchi. That serial got him his first regular paycheck.
- Their pairing in Theri (2016) — she as a stern judge, he as a bumbling constable — directly inspired a minor trend in Tamil cinema: casting a respected senior actress opposite a comic sidekick to create a 'mother-son' comic duo. At least two 2017 comedies copied the dynamic.
- Rajendran once said in a 2018 interview: 'Raadhika akka is the only co-star who called me by my real name on set. Everyone else just called me 'that comedian guy.' She made me feel like an actor.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
The 2010s brought 3 films together, anchored by Theri (7.0/10).
- Puthiya Aatchi0
- Theri
- Naanum Rowdydhaan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Raadhika Sarathkumar had 80 films behind them; Rajendran had 0. After Mupparimanam, Rajendran kept going for 82 more films; Raadhika Sarathkumar stepped back.
Before Puthiya Aatchi, Raadhika Sarathkumar had starred in 80 films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Ninaivu Chinnam (1989).
After Mupparimanam, Raadhika Sarathkumar went on to appear in 10 more films, including Vaanam Kottattum (2020) and Jail (2021).
Puthiya Aatchi was Rajendran's acting debut.
After Mupparimanam, Rajendran went on to appear in 82 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Vimanam (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Raadhika Sarathkumar & Rajendran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anandaraj is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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