Thambi Ramaiah & Srinivasan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thambi Ramaiah and Srinivasan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2015 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maanga (2015 — 5.6/10). Films span Maanga (2015) through Pathu Second Mutham (2019).
The Thambi Ramaiah & Srinivasan partnership
From Maanga (2015) to Pathu Second Mutham (2019). It started with Maanga (2015).
The shape of the work
Thambi Ramaiah acted in every film; Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Srinivasan cast Thambi Ramaiah in Maanga (2015) after seeing him in a small role in a TV serial. He later said he picked him because 'he looked like he had already lived the character's life'.
- In Jeyikkira Kuthira (2017), Thambi Ramaiah kept improvising lines in his village dialect. Srinivasan would pause mid-scene to let him finish, then react — that natural back-and-forth became the film's funniest moments.
- Pathu Second Mutham (2019) was a sleeper hit that directly inspired two other Tamil indie comedies about middle-aged romance in 2020-21. Directors of those films openly credited this duo's timing.
- On the sets of all three films, Thambi Ramaiah and Srinivasan shared the same makeup van. They'd rehearse scenes together while getting ready — no separate rooms, no star tantrums.
- Srinivasan once told a magazine: 'Thambi doesn't act. He just shows up and becomes the character. I had to write simpler dialogues because he made my fancy lines sound fake.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Maanga
- Jeyikkira Kuthira0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Srinivasan's screen credits are with Thambi Ramaiah. When they first worked together, Thambi Ramaiah had 62 films behind them; Srinivasan had 3. After Pathu Second Mutham, Thambi Ramaiah kept going for 28 more films; Srinivasan stepped back.
Before Maanga, Thambi Ramaiah had starred in 62 films, including Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi (2006) and Saattai (2012).
After Pathu Second Mutham, Thambi Ramaiah went on to appear in 28 more films, including Sembi (2022) and Kick (2023).
Before Maanga, Srinivasan had starred in 3 films, including Goli Soda (2014) and Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013).
After Pathu Second Mutham, Srinivasan went on to appear in 2 more films, including Marijuana (2020) and Kattupura (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thambi Ramaiah & Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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