Sangili Murugan & Thengai Srinivasan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sangili Murugan and Thengai Srinivasan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1981 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kazhugu (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Kazhugu (1981) through Dharmam (1986).
The Sangili Murugan & Thengai Srinivasan partnership
From Kazhugu (1981) to Dharmam (1986). The played out closed with Dharmam in 1986. Kazhugu is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Kazhugu (1981).
The shape of the work
Sangili Murugan acted in every film; Thengai Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Kazhugu
- Kadal Meengal0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 5 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, Sangili Murugan had 1 films behind them; Thengai Srinivasan had 96. After Dharmam, Sangili Murugan kept going for 22 more films; Thengai Srinivasan stepped back.
Before Kazhugu, Sangili Murugan had starred in 1 film, including Suvarilladha Chiththirangal (1979).
After Dharmam, Sangili Murugan went on to appear in 22 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Jigarthanda (2014).
Before Kazhugu, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 96 films, including Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979) and Priya (1978).
After Dharmam, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Krishnan Vandhan (1987) and Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (1987).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sangili Murugan & Thengai Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Senthamarai is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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