Lakshmi & Deva Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Lakshmi and Deva appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1994 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vallal (1997 — 6.0/10). Films span Pattukottai Periyappa (1994) through Lovely (2001).
The Lakshmi & Deva partnership
From Pattukottai Periyappa (1994) to Lovely (2001). The unfolded closed with Lovely in 2001. It started with Pattukottai Periyappa (1994).
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 2.9/10.
- Vallal
- Pattukottai Periyappa0
- Vaanavil
- Lovely
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 7 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, Lakshmi had 96 films behind them; Deva had 52. After Lovely, Deva kept going for 50 more films; Lakshmi stepped back.
Before Pattukottai Periyappa, Lakshmi had starred in 96 films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Nenjangal (1982).
After Lovely, Lakshmi went on to appear in 17 more films, including Midhunam (2012) and Ayya (2005).
Before Pattukottai Periyappa, Deva had starred in 52 films, including Pudhu Manithan (1991) and Annamalai (1992).
After Lovely, Deva went on to appear in 50 more films, including Virumbugiren (2002) and Engal Anna (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Lakshmi & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manivannan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Manivannan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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