Livingston & Deva Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Livingston and Deva appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1995 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000 — 6.5/10). Films span Chellakannu (1995) through Kutti Pisasu (2010).
The Livingston & Deva partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 2001 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 15 years, a Livingston–Deva film arrived almost every year.
From Chellakannu (1995) to Kutti Pisasu (2010). It started with Chellakannu (1995).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Viralukketha Veekkam; the 2010s to Kutti Pisasu. Livingston acted in every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 10 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Viralukketha Veekkam
- Suyamvaram
- Unnai Kann Theduthey
- Virumbugiren
- Kutti Pisasu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Livingston had 13 films behind them; Deva had 82. After Kutti Pisasu, Livingston kept going for 46 more films; Deva stepped back.
Before Chellakannu, Livingston had starred in 13 films, including Irumbu Pookkal (1991) and Pattukku Naan Adimai (1990).
After Kutti Pisasu, Livingston went on to appear in 46 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Taanakkaran (2022).
Before Chellakannu, Deva had starred in 82 films, including Thai Maaman (1994) and Nila (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Livingston & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 8 people again and again — a small repertory company. Sathyaraj appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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