Aishwarya Rajesh & Sivakarthikeyan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Aishwarya Rajesh and Sivakarthikeyan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2018 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanaa (2018 — 7.8/10). Films span Kanaa (2018) through Namma Veettu Pillai (2019).
The Aishwarya Rajesh & Sivakarthikeyan partnership
From Kanaa (2018) to Namma Veettu Pillai (2019). Kanaa is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Kanaa (2018).
The shape of the work
Aishwarya Rajesh acted in every film; Sivakarthikeyan acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Aishwarya Rajesh was the one who pushed for Sivakarthikeyan to star opposite her in Kanaa (2018). The director Arunraja Kamaraj originally wanted a different actor, but Aishwarya insisted SK was the right fit for the role of her coach.
- In Kanaa, Sivakarthikeyan played a retired cricketer-turned-coach who never smiles. Aishwarya Rajesh, as the trainee, had to carry all the emotional weight. She set the pace in every scene — SK deliberately held back his comic instincts to let her lead, which made their mentor-student dynamic feel real.
- Kanaa (2018) directly launched the career of its director Arunraja Kamaraj. Before this film, he was only known as a lyricist. The success of the Aishwarya-SK pairing gave him the confidence to direct his next film, which was a completely different genre.
- During the shoot of Namma Veettu Pillai (2019), Aishwarya Rajesh and Sivakarthikeyan had a running joke. She would deliberately mess up her lines in Tamil (she's not a native speaker) to make him laugh, and he would retaliate by improvising silly dialogues that weren't in the script. The director Pandiraj had to cut multiple takes because both of them couldn't stop giggling.
- Aishwarya Rajesh said about Sivakarthikeyan: 'He is the only co-star who would text me at 2 AM to discuss a single line of dialogue. He cares that much about the scene.' She said this during a Kanaa promotional interview.
3 films across 1 decade
- Kanaa
- Namma Veettu Pillai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Kanaa, both already had careers — Aishwarya Rajesh with 29 films, Sivakarthikeyan with 11.
Before Kanaa, Aishwarya Rajesh had starred in 29 films, including Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Kaaka Muttai (2015).
After Namma Veettu Pillai, Aishwarya Rajesh went on to appear in 17 more films, including The Great Indian Kitchen (2023) and Farhana (2023).
Before Kanaa, Sivakarthikeyan had starred in 11 films, including Rajini Murugan (2016) and Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013).
After Namma Veettu Pillai, Sivakarthikeyan went on to appear in 12 more films, including Vaazhl (2021) and Maaveeran (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Aishwarya Rajesh & Sivakarthikeyan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Dhibu Ninan Thomas is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
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