Chandini Tamilarasan & Tamilarasan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Chandini Tamilarasan and Tamilarasan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2013 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was My Dear Lisa (2022 — 6.8/10). Films span Naan Rajavaga Pogiren (2013) through Mayathirai (2022).
The Chandini Tamilarasan & Tamilarasan partnership
They saved their best for last — My Dear Lisa (6.8/10) came 9 years in. From Naan Rajavaga Pogiren (2013) to Mayathirai (2022). It started with Naan Rajavaga Pogiren (2013).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Pettikadai; the 2020s to My Dear Lisa. Chandini Tamilarasan acted in every film; Tamilarasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Chandini actually auditioned for Pettikadai after Tamilarasan recommended her to director Pa. Ranjith. He saw her in a short film and pushed for her casting.
- In My Dear Lisa, Tamilarasan deliberately slowed down his usual fast-paced dialogue delivery to match Chandini's more measured rhythm. He told the director he wanted their conversations to feel like real people thinking before speaking.
- During Mayathirai shoot, Chandini and Tamilarasan had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the entire crew filter coffee. Tamilarasan lost every single day.
- Tamilarasan once said in an interview: 'Chandini doesn't act — she just becomes the character. I had to work twice as hard to keep up with her in Pettikadai.'
- Their pairing in Pettikadai directly led to the director casting them again in My Dear Lisa. The producer told press he wanted to 'capture that same raw energy' a second time.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.2/10.
- Pettikadai
- Naan Rajavaga Pogiren
- My Dear Lisa
- Mayathirai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
71% of Chandini Tamilarasan's screen credits are with Tamilarasan.
Before Naan Rajavaga Pogiren, Chandini Tamilarasan had starred in 1 film, including Siddu (2010).
After Mayathirai, Chandini Tamilarasan went on to appear in 1 more film, including Nanban Oruvan Vantha Piragu (2024).
Before Naan Rajavaga Pogiren, Tamilarasan had starred in 2 films, including Megam (2008) and Thodakkam (2008).
After Mayathirai, Tamilarasan went on to appear in 12 more films, including Bommai (2023) and Kudimahaan (2023).
Collaboration Journey
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