Thangar Bachan & Deva Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thangar Bachan and Deva appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1996 and 2000. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998 — 6.5/10). Films span Kadhal Kottai (1996) through Kannukku Kannaga (2000).
The Thangar Bachan & Deva partnership
Between 1996 and 2000, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Thangar–Deva film arrived almost every year. From Kadhal Kottai (1996) to Kannukku Kannaga (2000).
The ran closed with Kannukku Kannaga in 2000. It started with Kadhal Kottai (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Kannedhirey Thondrinal; the 2000s to Kannukku Kannaga. Thangar Bachan directed every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 5 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Kannedhirey Thondrinal
- Kadhal Kottai
- Kannukku Kannaga0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
32% of Thangar Bachan's screen credits are with Deva. When they first worked together, Thangar Bachan had 0 films behind them; Deva had 109. After Kannukku Kannaga, Deva kept going for 67 more films; Thangar Bachan stepped back.
Kadhal Kottai was Thangar Bachan's acting debut.
After Kannukku Kannaga, Thangar Bachan went on to appear in 13 more films, including Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002) and Pallikoodam (2007).
Before Kadhal Kottai, Deva had starred in 109 films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Kannukku Kannaga, Deva went on to appear in 67 more films, including Virumbugiren (2002) and Engal Anna (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thangar Bachan & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manivannan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Manivannan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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