Tanikella Bharani & Trisha Krishnan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Tanikella Bharani and Trisha Krishnan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2003 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ghilli (2004 — 7.3/10). Films span Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003) through Thug Life (2025).
The Tanikella Bharani & Trisha Krishnan partnership
After 17 years apart, they came back together for Thug Life (2025). They didn't share a set between 2008 and 2025. From Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003) to Thug Life (2025).
Their most recent film, Thug Life, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active. Ghilli is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Ghilli; the 2020s to Thug Life. Tanikella Bharani acted in every film; Trisha Krishnan acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s brought 4 films together, anchored by Ghilli (7.3/10).
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
- Ghilli
- Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
- Thug Life
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
56% of Trisha Krishnan's screen credits are with Tanikella Bharani. When they first worked together, Tanikella Bharani had 49 films behind them; Trisha Krishnan had 2.
Before Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Tanikella Bharani had starred in 49 films, including Varasudu (1993) and Money Money (1995).
After Thug Life, Tanikella Bharani went on to appear in 2 more films, including Raakaasa (2026) and The Paradise (2026).
Before Enakku 20 Unakku 18, Trisha Krishnan had starred in 2 films, including Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) and Jodi (1999).
After Thug Life, Trisha Krishnan went on to appear in 2 more films, including Karuppu (2026) and Vishwambhara (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Tanikella Bharani & Trisha Krishnan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Prakash Raj is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Prakash Raj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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