Deva & Vinu Chakravarthy Movies Together List — 20 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Deva and Vinu Chakravarthy appeared together in 20 Tamil films between 1989 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Annamalai (1992 — 5.8/10). Films span Manasukketha Maharasa (1989) through Nanbanin Kadhali (2007).
The Deva & Vinu Chakravarthy partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. For 18 years, a Deva–Vinu film arrived almost every year. From Manasukketha Maharasa (1989) to Nanbanin Kadhali (2007).
It started with Manasukketha Maharasa (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 65% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Manasukketha Maharasa; the 2000s to Gajendra. Deva scored every film; Vinu Chakravarthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
20 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 13 films, averaging 3.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.0/10.
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- Annamalai
- Deva
- Gajendra
- Azhagana Naatkal
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
20 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
74% of Deva's screen credits are with Vinu Chakravarthy.
Manasukketha Maharasa was Deva's acting debut.
After Nanbanin Kadhali, Deva went on to appear in 7 more films, including Aarumugam (2009) and Kutti Pisasu (2010).
Before Manasukketha Maharasa, Vinu Chakravarthy had starred in 27 films, including Mann Vasanai (1983) and Muthal Vasantham (1986).
After Nanbanin Kadhali, Vinu Chakravarthy went on to appear in 3 more films, including Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014) and Jothi (2022).













Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Deva & Vinu Chakravarthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Senthil is the through-line — cast on 11 of their 20 films. They worked with the same 12 people again and again — a small repertory company. Senthil appears alongside them in 11 films — practically a third lead.
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