Rajendran & Mayilsamy Movies Together List — 11 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajendran and Mayilsamy appeared together in 11 Tamil films between 2015 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was 80's Buildup (2023 — 7.1/10). Films span Ore Oru Raja Mokka Raja (2015) through 80's Buildup (2023).
The Rajendran & Mayilsamy partnership
Between 2015 and 2023, they barely worked apart — 11 films in 8 years. For 8 years, a Rajendran–Mayilsamy film arrived almost every year. They saved their best for last — 80's Buildup (7.1/10) came 8 years in.
From Ore Oru Raja Mokka Raja (2015) to 80's Buildup (2023). Their most recent film, 80's Buildup, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 64% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Aaruthra; the 2020s to 80's Buildup. Rajendran acted in every film; Mayilsamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in 2015's 'Ore Oru Raja Mokka Raja', but the pairing that clicked was later that year in 'Thiruttu Rail' — where Rajendran played a train thief and Mayilsamy his bumbling sidekick. The director said he cast them together because both could switch from comedy to menace in one cut.
- In 'Remo' (2016), Mayilsamy would deliberately flub his lines to make Rajendran break character — and Rajendran would then improvise a new punchline on the spot. That back-and-forth became their signature: Mayilsamy set the trap, Rajendran escaped with a joke.
- Their 2018 hit 'Aaruthra' — a dark comedy about a stolen kidney — directly inspired two smaller-budget Tamil films in 2019 that tried the same 'medical scam gone wrong' tone. Neither matched the original's box office.
- On the sets of 'Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva' (2017), Rajendran and Mayilsamy shared a single vanity van for the entire shoot — not because of budget, but because Rajendran insisted. He said Mayilsamy's non-stop chatter kept him awake between night shoots.
- Mayilsamy once told a Chennai radio station: 'Rajendran is the only actor who can make me laugh even when the director is yelling at us. We've ruined so many takes because he'll whisper something and I'll lose it.'
- In 'Ghosty' (2023), their last film together so far, they swapped roles for one scene: Rajendran played the scared sidekick and Mayilsamy the overconfident lead. The director said they rehearsed it only once — they'd been doing this rhythm for eight years.
11 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 7 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2020s brought 4 films together, anchored by 80's Buildup (7.1/10).
- Aaruthra
- Aalukku Paathi 50-50
- 80's Buildup
- Murungakkai Chips
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
11 films across 8 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, Rajendran had 15 films behind them; Mayilsamy had 62. After 80's Buildup, Rajendran kept going for 22 more films; Mayilsamy stepped back.
Before Ore Oru Raja Mokka Raja, Rajendran had starred in 15 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Naan Kadavul (2009).
After 80's Buildup, Rajendran went on to appear in 22 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Guardian (2024).
Before Ore Oru Raja Mokka Raja, Mayilsamy had starred in 62 films, including Maasi (2012) and Jayam (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajendran & Mayilsamy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 6 of their 11 films. Manobala appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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