Thengai Srinivasan & Oru Viral Krishna Rao Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thengai Srinivasan and Oru Viral Krishna Rao appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1978 and 1981. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thillu Mullu (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Andhaman Kadhali (1978) through Thillu Mullu (1981).
The Thengai Srinivasan & Oru Viral Krishna Rao partnership
From Andhaman Kadhali (1978) to Thillu Mullu (1981). Thillu Mullu is the one most viewers reach for. The ran closed with Thillu Mullu in 1981.
It started with Andhaman Kadhali (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Andhaman Kadhali; the 1980s to Thillu Mullu. Thengai Srinivasan acted in every film; Oru Viral Krishna Rao acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s brought 1 film together, anchored by Thillu Mullu (7.5/10).
- Andhaman Kadhali0
- Thillu Mullu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 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
When they first worked together, Thengai Srinivasan had 60 films behind them; Oru Viral Krishna Rao had 2. After Thillu Mullu, Thengai Srinivasan kept going for 47 more films; Oru Viral Krishna Rao stepped back.
Before Andhaman Kadhali, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 60 films, including Annai Velankanni (1971) and Rickshawkaran (1971).
After Thillu Mullu, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 47 more films, including Nenjangal (1982) and Moondru Mugam (1982).
Before Andhaman Kadhali, Oru Viral Krishna Rao had starred in 2 films, including Pugundha Veedu (1972) and Oruviral (1965).
After Thillu Mullu, Oru Viral Krishna Rao went on to appear in 13 more films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Lottery Ticket (1982).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thengai Srinivasan & Oru Viral Krishna Rao's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. S. Viswanathan is the through-line — music on 2 of their 2 films.
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