Rajendran & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajendran and Radha Ravi appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1995 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018 — 6.5/10). Films span Puthiya Aatchi (1995) through Dharma Prabhu (2019).
The Rajendran & Radha Ravi partnership
After 23 years apart, they came back together for Veera (2018). They didn't share a set between 1995 and 2018. They saved their best for last — Maniyaar Kudumbam (6.5/10) came 23 years in.
From Puthiya Aatchi (1995) to Dharma Prabhu (2019). It started with Puthiya Aatchi (1995).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Puthiya Aatchi; the 2010s to Maniyaar Kudumbam. Rajendran acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Puthiya Aatchi (1995), director R. K. Selvamani cast Rajendran as the villain opposite Radha Ravi's hero. Rajendran was a newcomer then, and Radha Ravi personally pushed for him to get more screen time after seeing his intensity in rehearsals.
- In Veera (2018), Radha Ravi played the calm, authoritative father while Rajendran played the loud, impulsive sidekick. Rajendran later said in an interview that Radha Ravi would deliberately pause mid-dialogue to let him jump in with a punchline — a rhythm they built over two decades.
- On the sets of Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018), Rajendran and Radha Ravi shared a room during outdoor shoots. Rajendran once revealed that Radha Ravi would wake him up at 5 AM to practice comedy scenes together before call time.
- "Radha Ravi anna is the only co-star who scolds me like a younger brother on set. That's why our comedy works — there's real affection behind the anger." — Rajendran, in a 2019 interview about Dharma Prabhu.
- Their comic pairing in Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018) was so well-received that the director, N. S. Ponkumar, wrote a spin-off scene specifically for them in the second half — a scene that wasn't in the original script. That scene became the most shared clip from the film on social media.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.4/10.
- Puthiya Aatchi0
- Maniyaar Kudumbam
- Dharma Prabhu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 24 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 0 films behind them; Radha Ravi had 68. After Dharma Prabhu, Rajendran kept going for 55 more films; Radha Ravi stepped back.
Puthiya Aatchi was Rajendran's acting debut.
After Dharma Prabhu, Rajendran went on to appear in 55 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Vimanam (2023).
Before Puthiya Aatchi, Radha Ravi had starred in 68 films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Vazhga! Valarga! (1987).
After Dharma Prabhu, Radha Ravi went on to appear in 30 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Pichaikkaran 2 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajendran & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Karunakaran is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
2
2
2
2
Other iconic Tamil director-actor duos
Discover other partnerships with comparable filmographies and ratings
