R. S. Manohar & K. Balaji Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
R. S. Manohar and K. Balaji appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1965 and 1980. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pattanathil Bhootham (1967 — 7.8/10). Films span Vazhkai Padagu (1965) through Billa (1980).
The R. S. Manohar & K. Balaji partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Vazhkai Padagu (1965) to Billa (1980). Billa (1980, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
Pattanathil Bhootham is the one most viewers reach for. The spanned closed with Billa in 1980.
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Pattanathil Bhootham; the 1980s to Billa. R. S. Manohar acted in every film; K. Balaji acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 3 decades
The 1960s brought 2 films together, anchored by Pattanathil Bhootham (7.8/10).
The 1970s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s brought 1 film together, anchored by Billa (7.5/10).
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- Billa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Vazhkai Padagu, R. S. Manohar had starred in 7 films, including Konjum Salangai (1962) and Chitrangi (1964).
After Billa, R. S. Manohar went on to appear in 11 more films, including Sankarlal (1981) and Thyagi (1982).
Before Vazhkai Padagu, K. Balaji had starred in 13 films, including Kappalottiya Thamizhan (1961) and Vidivelli (1960).
After Billa, K. Balaji went on to appear in 5 more films, including Theerpu (1982) and Savaal (1981).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of R. S. Manohar & K. Balaji's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. S. Viswanathan is the through-line — music on 4 of their 5 films. Nagesh appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. M. S. Viswanathan scored 4 of them.
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