Suriya & Deva Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suriya and Deva appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1997 and 2000. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nerrukku Ner (1997 — 5.1/10). Films span Nerrukku Ner (1997) through Uyirile Kalanthathu (2000).
The Suriya & Deva partnership
Between 1997 and 2000, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 3 years. From Nerrukku Ner (1997) to Uyirile Kalanthathu (2000). The spanned closed with Uyirile Kalanthathu in 2000.
It started with Nerrukku Ner (1997).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Nerrukku Ner; the 2000s to Uyirile Kalanthathu. Suriya acted in every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.0/10.
- Nerrukku Ner
- Sandhippoma
- Uyirile Kalanthathu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Suriya had 0 films behind them; Deva had 133. After Uyirile Kalanthathu, Deva kept going for 67 more films; Suriya stepped back.
Nerrukku Ner was Suriya's acting debut.
After Uyirile Kalanthathu, Suriya went on to appear in 43 more films, including Jai Bhim (2021) and Sarfira (2024).
Before Nerrukku Ner, Deva had starred in 133 films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Uyirile Kalanthathu, Deva went on to appear in 67 more films, including Virumbugiren (2002) and Engal Anna (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Suriya & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manivannan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Manivannan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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