Kovai Sarala & Ponnambalam Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kovai Sarala and Ponnambalam appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2000 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maayi (2000 — 4.9/10). Films span Maayi (2000) through Shakalaka Baby (2002).
The Kovai Sarala & Ponnambalam partnership
From Maayi (2000) to Shakalaka Baby (2002). The ran closed with Shakalaka Baby in 2002. It started with Maayi (2000).
The shape of the work
Kovai Sarala acted in every film; Ponnambalam acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Maayi
- Shakalaka Baby0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 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
After Shakalaka Baby, Kovai Sarala kept going for 73 more films; Ponnambalam stepped back. By the time of Maayi, both already had careers — Kovai Sarala with 50 films, Ponnambalam with 43.
Before Maayi, Kovai Sarala had starred in 50 films, including Mundhanai Mudichu (1983) and Chinna Vathiyar (1995).
After Shakalaka Baby, Kovai Sarala went on to appear in 73 more films, including Mersal (2017) and Hero (2008).
Before Maayi, Ponnambalam had starred in 43 films, including Indian (1996) and Nila (1994).
After Shakalaka Baby, Ponnambalam went on to appear in 30 more films, including Arya (2007) and Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kovai Sarala & Ponnambalam's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vadivelu is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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