Deva & U.K. Senthil Kumar Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Deva and U.K. Senthil Kumar appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1997 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000 — 6.5/10). Films span Arunachalam (1997) through Manikanda (2007).
The Deva & U.K. Senthil Kumar partnership
From Arunachalam (1997) to Manikanda (2007). It started with Arunachalam (1997).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Arunachalam; the 2000s to Unnai Kann Theduthey. Deva scored every film; U.K. Senthil Kumar directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.2/10.
- Arunachalam
- Azhagarsamy
- Unnai Kann Theduthey
- Jore
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 10 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, Deva had 133 films behind them; U.K. Senthil Kumar had 3.
Before Arunachalam, Deva had starred in 133 films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Manikanda, Deva went on to appear in 7 more films, including Aarumugam (2009) and Kutti Pisasu (2010).
Before Arunachalam, U.K. Senthil Kumar had starred in 3 films, including Amaidhi Padai (1994) and Murai Maman (1995).
After Manikanda, U.K. Senthil Kumar went on to appear in 14 more films, including My Dear Bootham (2022) and Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Deva & U.K. Senthil Kumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sathyaraj is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Sathyaraj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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