Deva & Charlie Movies Together List — 38 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Deva and Charlie appeared together in 38 Tamil films between 1990 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ellame En Pondattidhan (1998 — 6.8/10). Films span Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) through Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi (2009).
The Deva & Charlie partnership
1997 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 19 years, a Deva–Charlie film arrived almost every year. The work is uneven: Ellame En Pondattidhan (6.8) at one end, Ninaithen Vandhai (1.0) at the other.
From Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) to Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi (2009). It started with Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 76% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Ellame En Pondattidhan; the 2000s to Thirumagan. Deva scored every film; Charlie acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
38 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 29 films, averaging 3.9/10.
The 2000s accounted for 9 films, averaging 4.7/10.
- Ellame En Pondattidhan
- Once More
- Thirumagan
- Pammal K. Sambandam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
38 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
97% of Deva's screen credits are with Charlie. When they first worked together, Deva had 0 films behind them; Charlie had 45. After Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi, Charlie kept going for 28 more films; Deva stepped back.
Vaigasi Poranthachu was Deva's acting debut.
After Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi, Deva went on to appear in 1 more film, including Kutti Pisasu (2010).
Before Vaigasi Poranthachu, Charlie had starred in 45 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Kalyana Agathigal (1985).
After Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi, Charlie went on to appear in 28 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Deva & Charlie's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 21 people again and again — a small repertory company. Charle appears alongside them in 18 films — practically a third lead.
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