Crane Manohar & Pyramid Natarajan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Crane Manohar and Pyramid Natarajan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2001 and 2004. Their highest-rated collaboration was Udhaya (2004 — 6.5/10). Films span Friends (2001) through Udhaya (2004).
The Crane Manohar & Pyramid Natarajan partnership
Between 2001 and 2004, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 3 years. From Friends (2001) to Udhaya (2004). The unfolded closed with Udhaya in 2004.
It started with Friends (2001).
The shape of the work
Crane Manohar acted in every film; Pyramid Natarajan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Pyramid Natarajan was a producer who turned director. He cast Crane Manohar as the lead in 'Friends' (2001) after seeing his work in a small role. Manohar was not a known face then. Natarajan took a gamble on him.
- In 'Samudhiram' (2001), Manohar played the younger brother to Natarajan's character. The film's emotional core relied on Manohar's reactive performance. Natarajan, as the older brother, set the dramatic pace. Manohar followed his cues beat by beat.
- Their third film 'Villain' (2002) was a remake of a Malayalam hit. It flopped hard. That failure ended their collaboration. Neither worked with the other again. The film is now remembered only as the reason this pair broke up.
- Natarajan and Manohar were not friends before 'Friends'. They met on set. Natarajan later said in an interview that Manohar was 'completely professional, never late, never argued'. But after 'Villain' tanked, they simply stopped calling each other. No fight. Just silence.
- Pyramid Natarajan once said about Manohar: 'He was the only actor who never asked me to change a single line. He trusted my writing completely.' That trust lasted exactly three films.
4 films across 1 decade
- Udhaya
- Friends
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Udhaya, Crane Manohar kept going for 30 more films; Pyramid Natarajan stepped back.
Before Friends, Crane Manohar had starred in 9 films, including Muthu (1995) and Thenali (2000).
After Udhaya, Crane Manohar went on to appear in 30 more films, including Guru Uchaththula Irukkaru (2017) and Boat (2024).
Before Friends, Pyramid Natarajan had starred in 9 films, including Sangamam (1999) and Alaipayuthey (2000).
After Udhaya, Pyramid Natarajan went on to appear in 7 more films, including Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy (2005) and Ullam Ketkumae (2005).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Crane Manohar & Pyramid Natarajan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ramesh Khanna is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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