Charlie & Maragadha Mani Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Charlie and Maragadha Mani appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1991 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vaaname Ellai (1992 — 4.6/10). Films span Azhagan (1991) through Jathi Malli (1993).
The Charlie & Maragadha Mani partnership
From Azhagan (1991) to Jathi Malli (1993). The played out closed with Jathi Malli in 1993. It started with Azhagan (1991).
The shape of the work
Charlie acted in every film; Maragadha Mani scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Vaaname Ellai
- Jathi Malli
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
60% of Maragadha Mani's screen credits are with Charlie. When they first worked together, Charlie had 66 films behind them; Maragadha Mani had 0. After Jathi Malli, Charlie kept going for 136 more films; Maragadha Mani stepped back.
Before Azhagan, Charlie had starred in 66 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Kalyana Agathigal (1985).
After Jathi Malli, Charlie went on to appear in 136 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
Azhagan was Maragadha Mani's acting debut.
After Jathi Malli, Maragadha Mani went on to appear in 2 more films, including Hero (1994) and Student Number 1 (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Charlie & Maragadha Mani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charle is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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