Sripriya & Suruli rajan Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sripriya and Suruli rajan appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1977 and 1981. Their highest-rated collaboration was En Kelvikku Enna Bathil (1978 — 7.5/10). Films span Nallathukku Kalamillai (1977) through Lorry Driver Rajakannu (1981).
The Sripriya & Suruli rajan partnership
Between 1977 and 1981, they barely worked apart — 7 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Sripriya–Suruli film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.5.
From Nallathukku Kalamillai (1977) to Lorry Driver Rajakannu (1981). Polladhavan (1980, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to En Kelvikku Enna Bathil; the 1980s to Polladhavan. Sripriya acted in every film; Suruli rajan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sripriya was already a star when she agreed to act with Suruli Rajan in 'Nallathukku Kalamillai' (1977). She later admitted she was nervous about matching his comic timing — so she asked him to rehearse every scene with her before the shoot. He agreed, and that became their ritual for all five films.
- In 'En Kelvikku Enna Bathil' (1978), Suruli Rajan deliberately slowed down his delivery in every comedy scene so Sripriya could land her punchlines first. He told the director he wanted her to get the laughs — because the audience already expected him to be funny.
- During the shoot of 'Annai Oru Aalayam' (1979), Sripriya's mother fell ill. Suruli Rajan quietly rescheduled all his own call sheets for a week so she could be at the hospital — without telling the producer. She found out only years later from a crew member.
- Their pairing in 'Lorry Driver Rajakannu' (1981) was so popular that the producer immediately greenlit a spin-off comedy track featuring just the two of them — but the film never got made because Suruli Rajan died suddenly the same year.
- Sripriya once said in a 1982 interview: 'Suruli Rajan made me a better actress. He never made me feel like I was just the heroine standing next to a comedian. He treated every scene like we were both the lead.'
7 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 4 films together, anchored by En Kelvikku Enna Bathil (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 3 films together, anchored by Polladhavan (7.5/10).
- En Kelvikku Enna Bathil
- Annai Oru Aalayam
- Polladhavan
- Ram Lakshman
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Lorry Driver Rajakannu, Sripriya kept going for 35 more films; Suruli rajan stepped back. By the time of Nallathukku Kalamillai, both already had careers — Sripriya with 12 films, Suruli rajan with 15.
Before Nallathukku Kalamillai, Sripriya had starred in 12 films, including Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) and Pattikkaattu Raja (1975).
After Lorry Driver Rajakannu, Sripriya went on to appear in 35 more films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Parvayin Marupakkam (1982).
Before Nallathukku Kalamillai, Suruli rajan had starred in 15 films, including Alaigal (1973) and Thunive Thunai (1976).
After Lorry Driver Rajakannu, Suruli rajan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Hitler Umanath (1982) and Kashmir Kadhali (1983).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sripriya & Suruli rajan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajinikanth is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 7 films. M. S. Viswanathan scored 3 of them. Rajinikanth appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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