M. S. Bhaskar & Raj Kapoor Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Bhaskar and Raj Kapoor appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2006 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Madurai Manikkuravar (2021 — 6.5/10). Films span Dharmapuri (2006) through Madurai Manikkuravar (2021).
The M. S. Bhaskar & Raj Kapoor partnership
They saved their best for last — Madurai Manikkuravar (6.5/10) came 15 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Dharmapuri (2006) to Madurai Manikkuravar (2021).
It started with Dharmapuri (2006).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Dharmapuri; the 2020s to Madurai Manikkuravar. M. S. Bhaskar acted in every film; Raj Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Raj Kapoor was a newcomer when M. S. Bhaskar recommended him for Dharmapuri (2006). Bhaskar had seen Kapoor in a stage play and told the director, 'This guy has the fire.' That one call got Kapoor his first Tamil film break.
- In Maasilamani (2009), Bhaskar played Kapoor's on-screen father. But off-screen, Bhaskar would quietly rewrite Kapoor's lines in the margins of the script — making them more colloquial. Kapoor later said he learned to 'sound like a real Tamil man' from those scribbles.
- On the sets of Saahasam (2016), the two shared a room in a budget lodge near the shoot location. Every night, they'd watch old MGR films on a tiny TV and argue about which fight scene was better. The crew called them 'the uncles who never sleep.'
- Madurai Manikkuravar (2021) was the only film where Bhaskar and Kapoor played brothers, not father-son. That shift in dynamic directly inspired director S. P. Muthuraman to cast them as siblings in his next project — which is still in development.
- Raj Kapoor once told a fan meet: 'Bhaskar sir doesn't act with me. He acts through me. When I look into his eyes in a scene, I forget my lines — because I'm just feeling what he feels.'
4 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Dharmapuri
- Maasilamani
- Saahasam
- Madurai Manikkuravar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Madurai Manikkuravar, M. S. Bhaskar kept going for 31 more films; Raj Kapoor stepped back.
Before Dharmapuri, M. S. Bhaskar had starred in 8 films, including Azhagiya Theeye (2004) and University (2002).
After Madurai Manikkuravar, M. S. Bhaskar went on to appear in 31 more films, including Taanakkaran (2022) and Red Sandal Wood (2023).
Before Dharmapuri, Raj Kapoor had starred in 28 films, including Seeman (1994) and Prem Rog (1982).
After Madurai Manikkuravar, Raj Kapoor went on to appear in 6 more films, including Azhagiya Kanne (2023) and Laththi Charge (2022).
Collaboration Journey
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