Karthik & U.K. Senthil Kumar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karthik and U.K. Senthil Kumar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1999 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Muthuramalingam (2017 — 5.8/10). Films span Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999) through Muthuramalingam (2017).
The Karthik & U.K. Senthil Kumar partnership
After 17 years apart, they came back together for Muthuramalingam (2017). They didn't share a set between 2000 and 2017. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999) to Muthuramalingam (2017). It started with Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga; the 2010s to Muthuramalingam. Karthik acted in every film; U.K. Senthil Kumar directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga
- Kannan Varuvaan
- Muthuramalingam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 18 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, Karthik had 96 films behind them; U.K. Senthil Kumar had 6.
Before Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga, Karthik had starred in 96 films, including Nallavanuku Nallavan (1984) and Alaigal Oivathillai (1981).
After Muthuramalingam, Karthik went on to appear in 3 more films, including Methagu 2 (2022) and Dev (2019).
Before Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga, U.K. Senthil Kumar had starred in 6 films, including Arunachalam (1997) and Amaidhi Padai (1994).
After Muthuramalingam, U.K. Senthil Kumar went on to appear in 5 more films, including My Dear Bootham (2022) and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karthik & U.K. Senthil Kumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Balu Anand is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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