Manobala & Sayaji Shinde Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manobala and Sayaji Shinde appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2009 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aadhavan (2009 — 6.1/10). Films span Aadhavan (2009) through Damaal Dumeel (2014).
The Manobala & Sayaji Shinde partnership
From Aadhavan (2009) to Damaal Dumeel (2014). It started with Aadhavan (2009).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Aadhavan; the 2010s to Damaal Dumeel. Manobala acted in every film; Sayaji Shinde acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Aadhavan
- Damaal Dumeel
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Damaal Dumeel, Manobala kept going for 111 more films; Sayaji Shinde stepped back. By the time of Aadhavan, both already had careers — Manobala with 56 films, Sayaji Shinde with 41.
Before Aadhavan, Manobala had starred in 56 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Gopurangal Saivathillai (1982).
After Damaal Dumeel, Manobala went on to appear in 111 more films, including 10 Enradhukulla (2015) and Kaatrin Mozhi (2018).
Before Aadhavan, Sayaji Shinde had starred in 41 films, including Athadu (2005) and Tagore (2003).
After Damaal Dumeel, Sayaji Shinde went on to appear in 39 more films, including Ajmer 92 (2023) and Johnny (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manobala & Sayaji Shinde's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anand Babu is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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