Manobala & Srinivasan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manobala and Srinivasan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2015 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sowkarpettai (2016 — 6.3/10). Films span Maanga (2015) through Merlin (2018).
The Manobala & Srinivasan partnership
Between 2015 and 2018, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 3 years. From Maanga (2015) to Merlin (2018). It started with Maanga (2015).
The shape of the work
Manobala acted in every film; Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Manobala cast Srinivasan in 'Maanga' (2015) after seeing him in a small comedy role in 'Soodhu Kavvum'. Srinivasan was hesitant to take on a lead role — Manobala convinced him over a single phone call that lasted 45 minutes.
- On the sets of 'Sowkarpettai' (2016), Manobala would let Srinivasan improvise entire dialogues. Srinivasan once rewrote a 3-minute scene on the spot — Manobala kept the first take because it was funnier than the script.
- The success of 'Merlin' (2018) directly led to Srinivasan getting his first solo lead in a horror-comedy — a subgenre that became his trademark. Manobala recommended him to the producer of that film.
- Manobala and Srinivasan had a standing rule: no matter how late the shoot ran, they'd share a cup of tea together before leaving. They did this for every single day of all four films.
- Srinivasan once said in an interview: 'Manobala sir never told me how to act. He just said — be yourself, but louder. That was the only direction I ever needed from him.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Sowkarpettai
- Maanga
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 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, Manobala had 115 films behind them; Srinivasan had 3. After Merlin, Manobala kept going for 53 more films; Srinivasan stepped back.
Before Maanga, Manobala had starred in 115 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Thuppakki (2012).
After Merlin, Manobala went on to appear in 53 more films, including Irugapatru (2023) and Viduthalai: Part II (2024).
Before Maanga, Srinivasan had starred in 3 films, including Goli Soda (2014) and Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013).
After Merlin, Srinivasan went on to appear in 8 more films, including Simba (2019) and Chennai 2 Bangkok (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manobala & Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Powerstar Srinivasan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Powerstar Srinivasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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