Ponnambalam & Udhaya Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ponnambalam and Udhaya appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2000 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thirunelveli (2000 — 6.8/10). Films span Thirunelveli (2000) through Shakalaka Baby (2002).
The Ponnambalam & Udhaya partnership
From Thirunelveli (2000) to Shakalaka Baby (2002). The ran closed with Shakalaka Baby in 2002. It started with Thirunelveli (2000).
The shape of the work
Ponnambalam acted in every film; Udhaya acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Thirunelveli
- Shakalaka Baby0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 2 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, Ponnambalam had 43 films behind them; Udhaya had 0. After Shakalaka Baby, Ponnambalam kept going for 30 more films; Udhaya stepped back.
Before Thirunelveli, Ponnambalam had starred in 43 films, including Indian (1996) and Nila (1994).
After Shakalaka Baby, Ponnambalam went on to appear in 30 more films, including Arya (2007) and Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).
Thirunelveli was Udhaya's acting debut.
After Shakalaka Baby, Udhaya went on to appear in 6 more films, including Thalaivaa (2013) and Raa Raa (2011).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ponnambalam & Udhaya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Roja Selvamani is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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