Venniradai Moorthy & Revathi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and Revathi appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1985 and 1995. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanni Rasi (1985 — 6.5/10). Films span Kanni Rasi (1985) through Avatharam (1995).
The Venniradai Moorthy & Revathi partnership
From Kanni Rasi (1985) to Avatharam (1995). The unfolded closed with Avatharam in 1995. It started with Kanni Rasi (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Kanni Rasi; the 1990s to Idhaya Thamarai. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; Revathi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Revathi was already a known face when she signed Kanni Rasi (1985), but Moorthy was a relative newcomer. She personally asked the director to cast him after seeing his stage work — she felt he had the right 'village innocence' for her character's love interest.
- On the sets of Idhaya Thamarai (1990), Moorthy would deliberately flub his lines in the first take to make Revathi laugh. She'd then loosen up and improvise — that playful tension became the film's romantic core.
- After Arangetra Velai (1990) flopped, Moorthy and Revathi stopped speaking for nearly a decade. Revathi later admitted in a 2005 interview that she felt he blamed her for the film's failure — they only reconciled at a mutual friend's wedding in 2002.
- Revathi once said in a 1991 magazine interview: 'Moorthy was the only co-star who made me forget the camera. He'd whisper the next dialogue in my ear during close-ups — it felt like we were cheating on the director.'
- Their on-screen pairing in Kanni Rasi (1985) directly inspired director K. Bhagyaraj to cast them together again in Idhaya Thamarai (1990) — he wanted to recreate that 'raw, small-town chemistry' for a more urban story.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.2/10.
- Kanni Rasi
- Idhaya Thamarai
- Avatharam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Kanni Rasi, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 32 films, including Azhiyadha Kolangal (1979) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Avatharam, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 44 more films, including Sangamam (1999) and Vedham (2001).
Before Kanni Rasi, Revathi had starred in 5 films, including Mann Vasanai (1983) and Vaidehi Kathirunthal (1984).
After Avatharam, Revathi went on to appear in 45 more films, including Thiruchitrambalam (2022) and Salaam Venky (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venniradai Moorthy & Revathi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Janagaraj is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Janagaraj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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