Thambi Ramaiah & Abbas Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thambi Ramaiah and Abbas appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1999 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Guru En Aalu (2009 — 5.5/10). Films span Malabar Police (1999) through Guru En Aalu (2009).
The Thambi Ramaiah & Abbas partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Guru En Aalu (2009). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2009. From Malabar Police (1999) to Guru En Aalu (2009).
It started with Malabar Police (1999).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Malabar Police; the 2000s to Guru En Aalu. Thambi Ramaiah acted in every film; Abbas acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Malabar Police0
- Guru En Aalu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Guru En Aalu, Thambi Ramaiah kept going for 131 more films; Abbas stepped back.
Before Malabar Police, Thambi Ramaiah had starred in 3 films, including Magudam (1992) and Savaal (1981).
After Guru En Aalu, Thambi Ramaiah went on to appear in 131 more films, including Saattai (2012) and Thani Oruvan (2015).
Before Malabar Police, Abbas had starred in 8 films, including Priya O Priya (1997) and Poochudava (1997).
After Guru En Aalu, Abbas went on to appear in 2 more films, including Happy Raj (2026) and Maaro (2011).
Collaboration Journey
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