Sundar C. & Kushboo Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sundar C. and Kushboo appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1995 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000 — 6.5/10). Films span Murai Maman (1995) through Aranmanai 2 (2016).
The Sundar C. & Kushboo partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for Aranmanai 2 (2016). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2016. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Murai Maman (1995) to Aranmanai 2 (2016). It started with Murai Maman (1995).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Murai Maman; the 2010s to Aranmanai 2. Never on the same side of the camera — Sundar C. director, Kushboo actor, across all 3 films. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sundar C. didn't just cast Kushboo in Murai Maman (1995) — he rewrote the entire female lead role specifically for her after she agreed to do the film. The original script had a different heroine in mind.
- On the sets of Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000), Sundar C. let Kushboo improvise most of her emotional scenes. He later said her instinct for timing saved the film from being too melodramatic.
- Kushboo was the one who pushed Sundar C. to direct Aranmanai 2 (2016) as a horror-comedy instead of a straight horror film. She told him: 'Tamil audiences want to laugh and scream in the same scene.' He listened.
- Kushboo once said in an interview: 'Sundar is the only director who lets me be completely stupid on screen and still makes it look smart.'
- Their first film together, Murai Maman (1995), directly inspired the trend of 'age-gap romance comedies' in Tamil cinema for the next five years — at least four copycat films released within two years.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.7/10.
- Murai Maman
- Unnai Kann Theduthey
- Aranmanai 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 21 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Sundar C. had 0 films behind them; Kushboo had 48.
Murai Maman was Sundar C.'s directorial debut.
After Aranmanai 2, Sundar C. went on to direct 17 more films, including Naan Sirithal (2020) and Aranmanai 4 (2024).
Before Murai Maman, Kushboo had starred in 48 films, including Nadigan (1990) and En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
After Aranmanai 2, Kushboo went on to appear in 3 more films, including Varisu (2023) and Traffic Ramasamy (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sundar C. & Kushboo's professional partnership
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