Tamannaah Bhatia & Karthi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Tamannaah Bhatia and Karthi appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2010 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Oopiri (2016 — 7.8/10). Films span Paiyaa (2010) through Thozha (2016).
The Tamannaah Bhatia & Karthi partnership
They saved their best for last — Oopiri (7.8/10) came 6 years in. Between 2010 and 2016, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 6 years. From Paiyaa (2010) to Thozha (2016).
Oopiri is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Paiyaa (2010).
The shape of the work
Tamannaah Bhatia acted in every film; Karthi acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Paiyaa (2010), ran for over 100 days in 25+ screens across Tamil Nadu, making it one of the biggest sleeper hits of the year and launching both as a bankable on-screen pair.
- The 'Thuli Thuli' song from Paiyaa, where Karthi and Tamannaah dance in the rain, became a wedding reception staple across Tamil Nadu — couples still recreate that exact choreography.
- Karthi once said in an interview: 'Tamannaah is the only co-star who made me forget my lines on set — her energy in Paiyaa was that infectious.'
- Their 2016 bilingual Oopiri (Tamil) / Thozha (Telugu) marked the first time a Tamil-Telugu film was simultaneously shot in both languages with the same lead pair — and it became a critical and commercial hit in both industries.
- In Siruthai (2011), their 'Chillena' fight sequence — where Karthi's character rescues Tamannaah's from goons — is still shared on Tamil meme pages as the ultimate 'mass hero entry' template.
- Oopiri (2016) won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film (Second Prize), making it the only film in their four-film collaboration to receive a state-level award.
4 films across 1 decade
- Oopiri
- Paiyaa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Thozha, Tamannaah Bhatia kept going for 36 more films; Karthi stepped back.
Before Paiyaa, Tamannaah Bhatia had starred in 14 films, including Kedi (2006) and Sri (2005).
After Thozha, Tamannaah Bhatia went on to appear in 36 more films, including Baahubali 2 (2017) and Kanne Kalaimaane (2019).
Before Paiyaa, Karthi had starred in 1 film, including Paruthiveeran (2007).
After Thozha, Karthi went on to appear in 19 more films, including Kaithi (2019) and Theeran Adhigaram Ondru (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Tamannaah Bhatia & Karthi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Akkineni Nagarjuna is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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