Thangar Bachan & Murali Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-16 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thangar Bachan and Murali appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1998 and 2000. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanave Kalaiyadhe (1999 — 4.2/10). Films span Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) through Kannukku Kannaga (2000).
The Thangar Bachan & Murali partnership
From Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) to Kannukku Kannaga (2000). The played out closed with Kannukku Kannaga in 2000. It started with Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Kanave Kalaiyadhe; the 2000s to Kannukku Kannaga. Thangar Bachan directed every film; Murali acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Kanave Kalaiyadhe
- Kaadhale Nimmadhi
- Kannukku Kannaga0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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, Thangar Bachan had 1 films behind them; Murali had 49.
Before Kaadhale Nimmadhi, Thangar Bachan had starred in 1 film, including Kadhal Kottai (1996).
After Kannukku Kannaga, Thangar Bachan went on to appear in 13 more films, including Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002) and Pallikoodam (2007).
Before Kaadhale Nimmadhi, Murali had starred in 49 films, including Ninaivu Chinnam (1989) and Thanga Manasukkaran (1992).
After Kannukku Kannaga, Murali went on to appear in 22 more films, including Raam (2005) and Baana Kaathadi (2010).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva is the through-line — music on 3 of their 3 films. Deva scored 3 of them.
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