Sathya Movies & Thengai Srinivasan Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sathya Movies and Thengai Srinivasan appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1971 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Rickshawkaran (1971 — 7.6/10). Films span Rickshawkaran (1971) through Mandhira Punnagai (1986).
The Sathya Movies & Thengai Srinivasan partnership
From Rickshawkaran (1971) to Mandhira Punnagai (1986). The work is uneven: Rickshawkaran (7.6) at one end, Mandhira Punnagai (3.7) at the other. Moondru Mugam (1982, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The played out closed with Mandhira Punnagai in 1986. Rickshawkaran is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Rickshawkaran; the 1980s to Moondru Mugam. Sathya Movies produced every film; Thengai Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Rickshawkaran (7.6/10).
The 1980s brought 5 films together, anchored by Moondru Mugam (7.5/10).
- Rickshawkaran
- Idhayakkani
- Moondru Mugam
- Thanga Magan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
58% of Sathya Movies's screen credits are with Thengai Srinivasan.
Before Rickshawkaran, Sathya Movies had starred in 1 film, including Kanni Pen (1969).
After Mandhira Punnagai, Sathya Movies went on to appear in 4 more films, including Nila Penne (1990) and Kadhal Parisu (1987).
Before Rickshawkaran, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 10 films, including Ethir Neechal (1968) and Penn Deivam (1970).
After Mandhira Punnagai, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Krishnan Vandhan (1987) and Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (1987).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sathya Movies & Thengai Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 5 of their 7 films. Sathyaraj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 5 of them.
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