Charlie & Sumithra Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Charlie and Sumithra appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1983 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Anney Anney (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Anney Anney (1983) through Airport (1993).
The Charlie & Sumithra partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Singaravelan (1992). They didn't share a set between 1983 and 1992. From Anney Anney (1983) to Airport (1993).
The played out closed with Airport in 1993. It started with Anney Anney (1983).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Anney Anney; the 1990s to Singaravelan. Charlie acted in every film; Sumithra acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.9/10.
- Anney Anney
- Singaravelan
- Airport
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Airport, Charlie kept going for 136 more films; Sumithra stepped back.
Anney Anney was Charlie's acting debut.
After Airport, Charlie went on to appear in 136 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
Before Anney Anney, Sumithra had starred in 23 films, including Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978) and Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (1977).
After Airport, Sumithra went on to appear in 14 more films, including Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020) and Saamy (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Charlie & Sumithra's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jaishankar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
