Nizhalgal Ravi & Manorama Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Manorama appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1990 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Indian (1996 — 8.2/10). Films span En Kitta Mothathey (1990) through Thaamirabharani (2007).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Manorama partnership
1992 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From En Kitta Mothathey (1990) to Thaamirabharani (2007). Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
Indian is the one most viewers reach for. It started with En Kitta Mothathey (1990).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Indian; the 2000s to Piriyadha Varam Vendum. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Manorama acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nizhalgal Ravi and Manorama first shared screen space in 'En Kitta Mothathey' (1990) because the director needed a mature pair to play a middle-aged couple bickering over property — a rare age-appropriate pairing in Tamil cinema at the time.
- In 'Indian' (1996), Manorama played Ravi's mother — but on set, she constantly corrected his dialogue delivery. Ravi later admitted she made him slow down his lines so the comedy landed better.
- During the shoot of 'Pooveli' (1998), Manorama would bring homemade snacks for Ravi every single day. He said she treated him like her own son, even though she was only 15 years older.
- Their 1992 film 'Neenga Nalla Irukkanum' was one of the first Tamil films to show a widow remarrying without melodrama — a direct result of Manorama insisting the script treat the relationship with Ravi as normal, not tragic.
8 films across 2 decades
The 1990s brought 6 films together, anchored by Indian (8.2/10).
The 2000s brought 2 films together, anchored by Piriyadha Varam Vendum (7.5/10).
- Indian
- En Kitta Mothathey
- Piriyadha Varam Vendum
- Thaamirabharani
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 17 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, Nizhalgal Ravi had 36 films behind them; Manorama had 178. After Thaamirabharani, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 64 more films; Manorama stepped back.
Before En Kitta Mothathey, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 36 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Mann Vasanai (1983).
After Thaamirabharani, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 64 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Andhadhi (2015).
Before En Kitta Mothathey, Manorama had starred in 178 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Thaamirabharani, Manorama went on to appear in 3 more films, including Arundhati (2009) and Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nizhalgal Ravi & Manorama's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charlie appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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