Rajendran & Kaali Venkat Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajendran and Kaali Venkat appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2016 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Theri (2016 — 7.0/10). Films span Theri (2016) through Kaathadi (2018).
The Rajendran & Kaali Venkat partnership
Between 2016 and 2018, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 2 years. From Theri (2016) to Kaathadi (2018). Theri is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Theri (2016).
The shape of the work
Rajendran acted in every film; Kaali Venkat acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Kaali Venkat was a stage actor with zero film experience when Rajendran personally recommended him to director Atlee for a small role in Theri (2016). Atlee was hesitant, but Rajendran insisted, saying 'He'll steal the scene.' That role became the comedic sidekick that launched Kaali Venkat's film career.
- On the sets of Enakku Vaitha Adimaigal (2017), Rajendran would deliberately flub his lines in the first take to make Kaali Venkat laugh. Kaali Venkat then improvised a comeback that was so sharp the director kept it in the final cut. They turned each other's mistakes into gold.
- The success of their double-act in Kaathadi (2018) directly inspired director S. P. Rajkumar to write a full-length comedy track for them in his next film. That track became the most-shared clip from the movie on YouTube, and local TV channels started airing it as a standalone segment.
- After every film wrap, Rajendran would take Kaali Venkat to the same small biryani shop in T. Nagar. They never invited anyone else. Kaali Venkat later said those meals were where Rajendran taught him how to handle rejection in the industry.
4 films across 1 decade
- Theri
- Kadha Solla Porom
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 2 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 Theri, both already had careers — Rajendran with 23 films, Kaali Venkat with 20.
Before Theri, Rajendran had starred in 23 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Naan Kadavul (2009).
After Kaathadi, Rajendran went on to appear in 68 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Vimanam (2023).
Before Theri, Kaali Venkat had starred in 20 films, including Mouna Guru (2011) and Pannaiyarum Padminiyum (2014).
After Kaathadi, Kaali Venkat went on to appear in 55 more films, including Kurangu Pedal (2024) and Sarpatta Parambarai (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajendran & Kaali Venkat's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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