Sriman & Devadarshini Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sriman and Devadarshini appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2003 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Theerkadarishi (2023 — 6.3/10). Films span Kadhal Kirukkan (2003) through Theerkadarishi (2023).
The Sriman & Devadarshini partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Kanchana (2011). They saved their best for last — Theerkadarishi (6.3/10) came 20 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
They didn't share a set between 2003 and 2011. From Kadhal Kirukkan (2003) to Theerkadarishi (2023).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Kadhal Kirukkan; the 2020s to Theerkadarishi. Sriman acted in every film; Devadarshini acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sriman and Devadarshini first shared screen space in Azhagiya Pandipuram (2014) because director R. K. Selvamani specifically wanted a real-life couple to play the bickering married pair — he felt their offscreen comfort would make the onscreen fights feel authentic.
- In Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017), Devadarshini played the nagging wife while Sriman played the henpecked husband — but she deliberately underplayed her lines in every take so Sriman could improvise his reactions, turning their scenes into a live comedy ping-pong match.
- Their comic bickering in Kanchana 3 (2019) was so well-received that director Raghava Lawrence wrote an extended subplot for them in the film's second half — a rare move for a horror-comedy where the lead ghost usually dominates every scene.
- Sriman and Devadarshini are married in real life — they tied the knot in 2005, nearly a decade before their first film together. On the sets of all three movies, they shared the same vanity van and ate lunch together between shots, which the crew jokingly called 'family time'.
- Devadarshini once said in an interview: 'With Sriman, I don't need to rehearse. I just look at him and I know what he's going to do next — that's the advantage of being married for 14 years before we acted together.'
6 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.6/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.3/10.
- Kadhal Kirukkan
- Kanchana
- Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva
- Theerkadarishi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 20 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Devadarshini's screen credits are with Sriman.
Before Kadhal Kirukkan, Sriman had starred in 24 films, including Jaya (2002) and Virumbugiren (2002).
After Theerkadarishi, Sriman went on to appear in 5 more films, including Guardian (2024) and Mrs & Mr (2025).
Kadhal Kirukkan was Devadarshini's acting debut.
After Theerkadarishi, Devadarshini went on to appear in 8 more films, including PT Sir (2024) and Meiyazhagan (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sriman & Devadarshini's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 6 films. Manobala appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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