Nizhalgal Ravi & Amala Akkineni Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Amala Akkineni appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1986 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vedham Pudhithu (1987 — 4.0/10). Films span Panneer Nadhigal (1986) through Mappillai (1989).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Amala Akkineni partnership
From Panneer Nadhigal (1986) to Mappillai (1989). The played out closed with Mappillai in 1989. It started with Panneer Nadhigal (1986).
The shape of the work
Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Amala Akkineni acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Vedham Pudhithu
- Mappillai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Mappillai, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 156 more films; Amala Akkineni stepped back.
Before Panneer Nadhigal, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 13 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Mann Vasanai (1983).
After Mappillai, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 156 more films, including Indian (1996) and Ratsasan (2018).
Panneer Nadhigal was Amala Akkineni's acting debut.
After Mappillai, Amala Akkineni went on to appear in 10 more films, including Kanam (2022) and Life Is Beautiful (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nizhalgal Ravi & Amala Akkineni's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amala is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Amala appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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