Jayalalitha & Tapi Chanakya Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jayalalitha and Tapi Chanakya appeared together in 2 Tamil films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Oli Vilakku (1968 — 7.8/10). Films span Pudhiya Boomi (1968) through Oli Vilakku (1968).
The Jayalalitha & Tapi Chanakya partnership
From Pudhiya Boomi (1968) to Oli Vilakku (1968). The ran closed with Oli Vilakku in 1968. Oli Vilakku is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Pudhiya Boomi (1968).
The shape of the work
Jayalalitha acted in every film; Tapi Chanakya directed all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Oli Vilakku
- Pudhiya Boomi0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Tapi Chanakya's screen credits are with Jayalalitha. After Oli Vilakku, Jayalalitha kept going for 50 more films; Tapi Chanakya stepped back.
Before Pudhiya Boomi, Jayalalitha had starred in 19 films, including Major Chandrakanth (1966) and Ayirathil Oruvan (1965).
After Oli Vilakku, Jayalalitha went on to appear in 50 more films, including Deiva Magan (1969) and Annai Velankanni (1971).
Before Pudhiya Boomi, Tapi Chanakya had directed 4 films, including Enga Veettu Pillai (1965) and Naan Aanaiyittal (1966).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jayalalitha & Tapi Chanakya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. G. Ramachandran is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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