Suresh & Vijayakanth Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suresh and Vijayakanth appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1985 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sabari (2007 — 6.5/10). Films span PudhuYugam (1985) through Sagaptham (2015).
The Suresh & Vijayakanth partnership
After 20 years apart, they came back together for Sabari (2007). They didn't share a set between 1987 and 2007. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From PudhuYugam (1985) to Sagaptham (2015). It started with PudhuYugam (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to PudhuYugam; the 2010s to Sagaptham. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Suresh was already a rising star when he agreed to do PudhuYugam (1985), but he insisted on Vijayakanth as his co-star — he had seen Vijayakanth's raw intensity in a small role and told the director, 'That guy is going to be a star. Let's lock him now.'
- In Poo Mazhai Pozhiyudhu (1987), Suresh played the romantic lead while Vijayakanth played the angry young man — they deliberately split the emotional load. Suresh handled the soft scenes, Vijayakanth handled the confrontations. Neither tried to outshine the other.
- After PudhuYugam flopped, Vijayakanth called Suresh and said, 'I owe you one.' Suresh laughed it off. But when Vijayakanth became a major star, he personally called Suresh for Sabari (2007) — 22 years later — to return the favour. Suresh said yes without reading the script.
- Vijayakanth once told a magazine: 'Suresh is the only co-star who never once asked me about my politics. We just talked about films and food. That's why I called him for Sabari.'
- Sabari (2007) was the last film Vijayakanth acted in before he fully entered politics. Suresh's presence in that film gave it a nostalgic pull — it reminded audiences of the 80s buddy era, and it directly inspired a wave of 'old friends reunite' films in Tamil cinema over the next few years.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.6/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- PudhuYugam
- Poo Mazhai Pozhiyudhu0
- Sabari
- Sagaptham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 30 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of PudhuYugam, both already had careers — Suresh with 21 films, Vijayakanth with 35.
Before PudhuYugam, Suresh had starred in 21 films, including Apoorva Sahodarigal (1983) and Panneer Pushpangal (1981).
After Sagaptham, Suresh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Subrahmanyapuram (2018) and Ginna (2022).
Before PudhuYugam, Vijayakanth had starred in 35 films, including Parvayin Marupakkam (1982) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Sagaptham, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 1 more film, including Thamizhan Endru Sol (2016).
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