Meena & Deva Movies Together List — 15 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Meena and Deva appeared together in 15 Tamil films between 1994 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thai Maaman (1994 — 7.5/10). Films span Bhale Pellam (1994) through Citizen (2001).
The Meena & Deva partnership
Between 1994 and 2001, they barely worked apart — 15 films in 7 years. 1999 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Meena–Deva film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Thai Maaman (7.5) at one end, Nadodi Mannan (1.0) at the other. From Bhale Pellam (1994) to Citizen (2001).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 87% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Thai Maaman; the 2000s to Citizen. Meena acted in every film; Deva scored all of them.
15 films across 2 decades
The 1990s brought 13 films together, anchored by Thai Maaman (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.2/10.
- Thai Maaman
- Veera
- Citizen
- Vetri Kodi Kattu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
15 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Meena had 20 films behind them; Deva had 52. After Citizen, Deva kept going for 50 more films; Meena stepped back.
Before Bhale Pellam, Meena had starred in 20 films, including Nenjangal (1982) and Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984).
After Citizen, Meena went on to appear in 30 more films, including Drushyam 2 (2021) and Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013).
Before Bhale Pellam, Deva had starred in 52 films, including Pudhu Manithan (1991) and Annamalai (1992).
After Citizen, Deva went on to appear in 50 more films, including Virumbugiren (2002) and Engal Anna (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Meena & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manivannan appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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