Jaishankar & Amala Akkineni Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jaishankar and Amala Akkineni appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1989 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nalaya Manithan (1989 — 4.1/10). Films span Mappillai (1989) through Mounam Sammadham (1990).
The Jaishankar & Amala Akkineni partnership
From Mappillai (1989) to Mounam Sammadham (1990). The played out closed with Mounam Sammadham in 1990. It started with Mappillai (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Nalaya Manithan; the 1990s to Mounam Sammadham. Jaishankar acted in every film; Amala Akkineni acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.8/10.
- Nalaya Manithan
- Mappillai
- Mounam Sammadham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 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, Jaishankar had 207 films behind them; Amala Akkineni had 9.
Before Mappillai, Jaishankar had starred in 207 films, including Vilangu (1987) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Mounam Sammadham, Jaishankar went on to appear in 16 more films, including Gokulam (1993) and Priyanka (1994).
Before Mappillai, Amala Akkineni had starred in 9 films, including Dayavan (1988) and Kodi Parakuthu (1988).
After Mounam Sammadham, Amala Akkineni went on to appear in 6 more films, including Kanam (2022) and Life Is Beautiful (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jaishankar & Amala Akkineni's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amala is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Amala appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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