Manobala & Deva Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manobala and Deva appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1993 and 2012. Their highest-rated collaboration was Minsara Kanna (1999 — 5.9/10). Films span Karuppu Vellai (1993) through Kondaan Koduthaan (2012).
The Manobala & Deva partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Karuppu Vellai (1993) to Kondaan Koduthaan (2012). It started with Karuppu Vellai (1993).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Minsara Kanna; the 2010s to Kutti Pisasu. Manobala acted in every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 5 films, averaging 4.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.5/10.
- Minsara Kanna
- Nesam
- Kadhal Kirukkan
- Kutti Pisasu
- Kondaan Koduthaan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Kondaan Koduthaan, Manobala kept going for 145 more films; Deva stepped back. By the time of Karuppu Vellai, both already had careers — Manobala with 16 films, Deva with 31.
Before Karuppu Vellai, Manobala had starred in 16 films, including Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982) and Puthiya Vaarpugal (1979).
After Kondaan Koduthaan, Manobala went on to appear in 145 more films, including 10 Enradhukulla (2015) and Kaatrin Mozhi (2018).
Before Karuppu Vellai, Deva had starred in 31 films, including Pudhu Manithan (1991) and Annamalai (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manobala & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manivannan is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 8 films. Manivannan appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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