Srikanth & Sreekanth Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Srikanth and Sreekanth appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1973 and 1978. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976 — 8.5/10). Films span Komatha En Kulamatha (1973) through Sadhurangam (1978).
The Srikanth & Sreekanth partnership
Between 1973 and 1978, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 5 years. For 5 years, a Srikanth–Sreekanth film arrived almost every year. From Komatha En Kulamatha (1973) to Sadhurangam (1978).
Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal is the one most viewers reach for. The ran closed with Sadhurangam in 1978.
The shape of the work
Srikanth acted in every film; Sreekanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Srikanth and Sreekanth weren't related by blood, but their identical names confused everyone. The director of 'Komatha En Kulamatha' (1973) actually cast them together as a gimmick — two actors with the same name in the same frame. Audiences showed up just to see if they could tell them apart.
- In 'Aayirathil Oruthi' (1975), Srikanth played the intense lead while Sreekanth was the comic relief. They developed a silent signal on set: Srikanth would tap his watch when he needed Sreekanth to slow down his dialogue delivery, because Sreekanth's natural speed kept making Srikanth lose his dramatic pause.
- Their 1977 film 'Ilaya Thalaimurai' directly launched the career of a young supporting actor named Rajinikanth. He played a small role in that film, and both Srikanth and Sreekanth personally recommended him to director K. Balachander for his next project. That next project was '16 Vayathinile'.
- During the shoot of 'Dikkatra Parvathi' (1974), Srikanth and Sreekanth shared a room in a lodge near the location. Every night, they would rehearse the next day's scenes by swapping roles — Srikanth would play Sreekanth's part and vice versa. They said it helped them catch each other's mistakes before the camera rolled.
- Sreekanth once told a magazine: 'People thought we were brothers because of the names. But we were more like mirror images — he showed me how to cry on cue, I showed him how to make the audience laugh without a word.'
6 films across 1 decade
- Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal
- Ilaya Thalaimurai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
60% of Sreekanth's screen credits are with Srikanth. After Sadhurangam, Srikanth kept going for 101 more films; Sreekanth stepped back.
Before Komatha En Kulamatha, Srikanth had starred in 11 films, including Aval (1972) and Nootrukku Nooru (1971).
After Sadhurangam, Srikanth went on to appear in 101 more films, including Blackmail (2025) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Komatha En Kulamatha, Sreekanth had starred in 1 film, including Subadhinam (1969).
After Sadhurangam, Sreekanth went on to appear in 3 more films, including Dhairyalakshmi (1979) and Srirama Chandrulu (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Srikanth & Sreekanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nagesh is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. M. S. Viswanathan scored 3 of them. Nagesh appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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