Bose Venkat & Devadarshini Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Bose Venkat and Devadarshini appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2007 and 2020. Their highest-rated collaboration was 36 Vayathinile (2015 — 6.6/10). Films span Deepavali (2007) through Angelina (2020).
The Bose Venkat & Devadarshini partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Deepavali (2007) to Angelina (2020). It started with Deepavali (2007).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Deepavali; the 2020s to Angelina. Bose Venkat acted in every film; Devadarshini acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Bose Venkat and Devadarshini first shared screen space in Deepavali (2007) because director Vishnuvardhan specifically wanted a pair that looked like a real married couple — not a glamorous one. Devadarshini later said she was nervous acting opposite Bose because he was so intense in his earlier villain roles.
- In 36 Vayathinile (2015), Bose Venkat played Devadarshini's husband. The director, Maha, revealed that Bose deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in their arguments so Devadarshini could react naturally — she didn't know he was doing it. That improvisation made their fight scenes feel painfully real.
- During the shoot of Tenaliraman (2014), Bose Venkat and Devadarshini developed a running joke: they'd call each other 'Thiruttu' (thief) because both kept stealing snacks from the craft table. The crew started hiding their favorite murukku just to mess with them.
- Their pairing in Engalukku Veru Kilaigal Kidaiyathu (2015) was so convincing as a bickering middle-class couple that the film's writer, S. Ramakrishnan, later said he wrote a sequel specifically for them. That sequel never got made, but the script is still floating around production houses.
- Devadarshini once told a Tamil magazine: 'Bose Venkat is the only co-star who can make me laugh and cry in the same scene without changing his expression. I have to work twice as hard to keep up.'
- In Angelina (2020), their only hit together, Bose Venkat played a father opposite Devadarshini's mother. The director said Bose kept asking for retakes of their emotional scenes because he wanted Devadarshini's tears to fall at the exact moment his voice cracked — they rehearsed that timing for two hours straight.
5 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film.
- Deepavali
- 36 Vayathinile
- Tenaliraman
- Angelina0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Deepavali, Bose Venkat had starred in 5 films, including Thalai Nagaram (2006) and Naalai (2006).
After Angelina, Bose Venkat went on to appear in 17 more films, including Taanakkaran (2022) and Viduthalai: Part II (2024).
Before Deepavali, Devadarshini had starred in 10 films, including Kaakha Kaakha (2003) and Azhagiya Theeye (2004).
After Angelina, Devadarshini went on to appear in 16 more films, including PT Sir (2024) and Meiyazhagan (2024).
Collaboration Journey
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