Deva & Abbas Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Deva and Abbas appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1999 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pammal K. Sambandam (2002 — 4.8/10). Films span Suyamvaram (1999) through Vanakkam Thalaiva (2005).
The Deva & Abbas partnership
Between 1999 and 2005, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 6 years. For 6 years, a Deva–Abbas film arrived almost every year. From Suyamvaram (1999) to Vanakkam Thalaiva (2005).
The spanned closed with Vanakkam Thalaiva in 2005. It started with Suyamvaram (1999).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Suyamvaram; the 2000s to Pammal K. Sambandam. Deva scored every film; Abbas acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.7/10.
- Suyamvaram
- Pammal K. Sambandam
- Adi Thadi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 6 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 187 films behind them; Abbas had 8.
Before Suyamvaram, Deva had starred in 187 films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Vanakkam Thalaiva, Deva went on to appear in 14 more films, including Thirumagan (2007) and Viyabari (2007).
Before Suyamvaram, Abbas had starred in 8 films, including Priya O Priya (1997) and Poochudava (1997).
After Vanakkam Thalaiva, Abbas went on to appear in 7 more films, including Thiruttu Payale (2006) and Anasuya (2007).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Deva & Abbas'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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