Venniradai Moorthy & Vijayakanth Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and Vijayakanth appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1981 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was En Kitta Mothathey (1990 — 7.5/10). Films span Sivappu Malli (1981) through Viswanathan Ramamoorthy (2001).
The Venniradai Moorthy & Vijayakanth partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Viswanathan Ramamoorthy (2001). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 1993 and 2001.
From Sivappu Malli (1981) to Viswanathan Ramamoorthy (2001). The work is uneven: En Kitta Mothathey (7.5) at one end, Enga Muthalali (2.5) at the other.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 70% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Sivappu Malli; the 2000s to Viswanathan Ramamoorthy. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; Vijayakanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Vijayakanth was still a newcomer when director M. A. Kaja cast him opposite Venniradai Moorthy in Sivappu Malli (1981). Moorthy, already a veteran character actor, reportedly insisted on a screen test before agreeing to work with the rookie — and only said yes after Vijayakanth nailed a single-take emotional scene.
- In En Kitta Mothathey (1990), Moorthy played the comic sidekick who constantly outsmarts Vijayakanth's hero. The trick was that Moorthy would deliberately flub his lines during rehearsals, making Vijayakanth laugh on set — and the director kept those genuine reactions in the final cut.
- Their 1984 film Kudumbam was the first Tamil movie to feature a then-unknown comedian named Goundamani in a supporting role. Moorthy recommended him to the director after a stage play, and Goundamani's performance here led directly to his breakthrough in the industry.
- On the sets of Raman Sriraman (1985), Moorthy discovered that Vijayakanth couldn't swim. For a river-crossing scene, Moorthy secretly taught him basic strokes between takes — and never told the director, who thought Vijayakanth was just a natural.
- Vijayakanth once said in a 1995 interview: 'Moorthy sir was the only actor who could make me forget my lines. I'd be in the middle of a serious dialogue, he'd raise one eyebrow, and I'd lose it. We had to shoot En Kitta Mothathey in two shifts because of that.'
10 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 7 films, averaging 6.7/10.
The 1990s brought 2 films together, anchored by En Kitta Mothathey (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Sivappu Malli
- En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan
- En Kitta Mothathey
- Enga Muthalali
- Viswanathan Ramamoorthy0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 20 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Sivappu Malli, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 18 films, including Azhiyadha Kolangal (1979) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Viswanathan Ramamoorthy, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 21 more films, including Thamizh Padam (2010) and Manam Kothi Paravai (2012).
Before Sivappu Malli, Vijayakanth had starred in 5 films, including Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam (1980) and Neer Nilam Neruppu (1980).
After Viswanathan Ramamoorthy, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 20 more films, including Thennavan (2003) and Engal Anna (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venniradai Moorthy & Vijayakanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh scored 4 of them.
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