Thyagarajan & Senthamarai Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thyagarajan and Senthamarai appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1983 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Neengal Kettavai (1984 — 4.0/10). Films span Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983) through Dharmam (1986).
The Thyagarajan & Senthamarai partnership
Between 1983 and 1986, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 3 years. From Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983) to Dharmam (1986). The unfolded closed with Dharmam in 1986.
It started with Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (1983).
The shape of the work
Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 1 decade
- Neengal Kettavai
- Malaiyoor Mambattiyan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, Thyagarajan had starred in 3 films, including Nenjangal (1982) and Deviyin Thiruvilaiyadal (1982).
After Dharmam, Thyagarajan went on to appear in 22 more films, including PT Sir (2024) and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018).
Before Malaiyoor Mambattiyan, Senthamarai had starred in 22 films, including Arangetram (1973) and Shanti Nilayam (1969).
After Dharmam, Senthamarai went on to appear in 16 more films, including Aalappirandhavan (1987) and Enga Ooru Kavalkaran (1988).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thyagarajan & Senthamarai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jaishankar is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them. Jaishankar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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