Nadhiya & Manorama Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nadhiya and Manorama appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1987 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thaamirabharani (2007 — 5.8/10). Films span Anbulla Appa (1987) through Thaamirabharani (2007).
The Nadhiya & Manorama partnership
After 17 years apart, they came back together for Thaamirabharani (2007). They didn't share a set between 1990 and 2007. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Anbulla Appa (1987) to Thaamirabharani (2007). It started with Anbulla Appa (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Anbulla Appa; the 2000s to Thaamirabharani. Nadhiya acted in every film; Manorama acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.7/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Anbulla Appa
- En Veedu En Kanavar
- Thaamirabharani
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 20 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, Nadhiya had 7 films behind them; Manorama had 157. After Thaamirabharani, Nadhiya kept going for 18 more films; Manorama stepped back.
Before Anbulla Appa, Nadhiya had starred in 7 films, including Magudi (1984) and Poove Poochooda Vaa (1985).
After Thaamirabharani, Nadhiya went on to appear in 18 more films, including Drushyam 2 (2021) and Drushyam (2014).
Before Anbulla Appa, Manorama had starred in 157 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Thaamirabharani, Manorama went on to appear in 3 more films, including Arundhati (2009) and Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nadhiya & Manorama's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jai Ganesh is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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