Venniradai Moorthy & Reka Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and Reka appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1987 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan (1989 — 6.5/10). Films span Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987) through Rombha Nallavan Da Nee (2015).
The Venniradai Moorthy & Reka partnership
After 26 years apart, they came back together for Rombha Nallavan Da Nee (2015). They didn't share a set between 1989 and 2015. From Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987) to Rombha Nallavan Da Nee (2015).
It started with Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan; the 2010s to Rombha Nallavan Da Nee. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; Reka acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Venniradai Moorthy and Reka first paired up in 'Manaivi Oru Mandhiri' (1988) because the director needed a mature-looking couple for a family drama. Moorthy was already a veteran character actor, but Reka was relatively new — the director bet on their age gap to sell the story.
- In 'En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan' (1989), Moorthy deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery to match Reka's natural rhythm. He later told a magazine that she made him 'act with his eyes more' because she was so expressive in silence.
- During the shoot of 'Thangamana Purushan' (1989), Reka would bring homemade snacks for Moorthy every day. He was diabetic, so she made sure the sweets were jaggery-based. They stayed in touch even after she quit films in the early 90s.
- Their 2015 film 'Rombha Nallavan Da Nee' was a comeback for both — Moorthy hadn't played a lead in decades, and Reka returned after a 26-year break. The film was directly inspired by a real-life couple they knew, and it got a small but loyal following on late-night TV reruns.
- Reka once said in a 2015 interview: 'Moorthy sir never treated me like a co-star. He treated me like his daughter on set. That's why I agreed to act again after so many years — only for him.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
- En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan
- Enga Ooru Pattukaran
- Rombha Nallavan Da Nee0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 28 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Reka's screen credits are with Venniradai Moorthy. When they first worked together, Venniradai Moorthy had 42 films behind them; Reka had 3.
Before Enga Ooru Pattukaran, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 42 films, including Azhiyadha Kolangal (1979) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
Before Enga Ooru Pattukaran, Reka had starred in 3 films, including Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986) and Punnagai Mannan (1986).
After Rombha Nallavan Da Nee, Reka went on to appear in 2 more films, including Muthuramalingam (2017) and Dharma Prabhu (2019).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kovai Sarala is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them. Kovai Sarala appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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