Thengai Srinivasan & Sachu Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thengai Srinivasan and Sachu appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1970 and 1979. Their highest-rated collaboration was Dharma Yuddham (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Penn Deivam (1970) through Dharma Yuddham (1979).
The Thengai Srinivasan & Sachu partnership
They saved their best for last — Dharma Yuddham (7.5/10) came 9 years in. From Penn Deivam (1970) to Dharma Yuddham (1979). The spanned closed with Dharma Yuddham in 1979.
Dharma Yuddham is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Penn Deivam (1970).
The shape of the work
Thengai Srinivasan acted in every film; Sachu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 1 decade
- Dharma Yuddham
- Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Dharma Yuddham, Thengai Srinivasan kept going for 63 more films; Sachu stepped back.
Before Penn Deivam, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 7 films, including Ethir Neechal (1968) and Nam Naadu (1969).
After Dharma Yuddham, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 63 more films, including Billa (1980) and Thillu Mullu (1981).
Before Penn Deivam, Sachu had starred in 10 films, including Iru Kodugal (1969) and Thunaivan (1969).
After Dharma Yuddham, Sachu went on to appear in 14 more films, including Veetla Vishesham (2022) and Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thengai Srinivasan & Sachu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nagesh is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Nagesh appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. M. S. Viswanathan scored 3 of them.
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