Prabhu Deva & Kausalya Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prabhu Deva and Kausalya appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2000 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vanathai Pola (2000 — 5.4/10). Films span Vanathai Pola (2000) through Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001).
The Prabhu Deva & Kausalya partnership
Between 2000 and 2001, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 1 years. 2000 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Vanathai Pola (2000) to Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001).
The unfolded closed with Manadhai Thirudivittai in 2001. It started with Vanathai Pola (2000).
The shape of the work
Prabhu Deva acted in every film; Kausalya acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Kausalya once said in an interview: 'Prabhu Deva made me feel like a heroine, not just a dancer. He never treated me like a junior artist.'
- Prabhu Deva was already a huge star when he agreed to do Vanathai Pola (2000) with newcomer Kausalya. The director had to convince him that her fresh face would balance his mass image — and it worked.
- In Eazhaiyin Sirippil (2000), Prabhu Deva deliberately slowed down his usual high-energy dance moves in romantic scenes so Kausalya could keep up. She later said he taught her how to act with her eyes, not just her feet.
- During the shoot of James Pandu (2000), Prabhu Deva would crack jokes between takes to make Kausalya laugh — she was nervous about comedy. He told her, 'If you laugh at my jokes on screen, the audience will too.'
- Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001) was the last film they did together. After that, Kausalya shifted focus to Telugu cinema, and Prabhu Deva moved into directing. Their pairing basically ended the trend of hero-heroine duos doing four films in two years.
4 films across 1 decade
- Vanathai Pola
- Manadhai Thirudivittai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 1 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Manadhai Thirudivittai, Prabhu Deva kept going for 64 more films; Kausalya stepped back.
Before Vanathai Pola, Prabhu Deva had starred in 15 films, including Time (1999) and Kaathala Kaathala (1998).
After Manadhai Thirudivittai, Prabhu Deva went on to appear in 64 more films, including Michael Madana Kamaraju (2008) and Poikkal Kudhirai (2022).
Before Vanathai Pola, Kausalya had starred in 8 films, including Priyamudan (1998) and Nerrukku Ner (1997).
After Manadhai Thirudivittai, Kausalya went on to appear in 13 more films, including Kiss (2025) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prabhu Deva & Kausalya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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