Rajendran & Thangadurai Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajendran and Thangadurai appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2023 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Guardian (2024 — 8.0/10). Films span DD Returns (2023) through Guardian (2024).
The Rajendran & Thangadurai partnership
From DD Returns (2023) to Guardian (2024). Their most recent film, Guardian, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. Guardian is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with DD Returns (2023).
The shape of the work
Rajendran acted in every film; Thangadurai acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Guardian
- DD Returns
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
40% of Thangadurai's screen credits are with Rajendran. When they first worked together, Rajendran had 103 films behind them; Thangadurai had 3. After Guardian, Rajendran kept going for 16 more films; Thangadurai stepped back.
Before DD Returns , Rajendran had starred in 103 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Sammathame (2022).
After Guardian, Rajendran went on to appear in 16 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Devil's Double Next Level (2025).
Before DD Returns , Thangadurai had starred in 3 films, including Panni Kutty (2022) and Plan Panni Pannanum (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajendran & Thangadurai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deepak Kumar Padhy is the through-line — cinematography on 1 of their 2 films.
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