Manobala & Sentrayan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manobala and Sentrayan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2013 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kondraal Paavam (2023 — 6.0/10). Films span Thulli Vilayadu (2013) through Parrisu (2025).
The Manobala & Sentrayan partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Kondraal Paavam (2023). They saved their best for last — Kondraal Paavam (6.0/10) came 10 years in. They didn't share a set between 2015 and 2023.
From Thulli Vilayadu (2013) to Parrisu (2025). Their most recent film, Parrisu, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Lodukku Pandi; the 2020s to Kondraal Paavam . Manobala acted in every film; Sentrayan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Manobala and Sentrayan first teamed up for Ivanuku Thannila Gandam (2015) because Sentrayan, then a struggling comedian, begged Manobala for a break. Manobala later admitted he cast Sentrayan only after the actor promised to work for free if the film flopped.
- In Lodukku Pandi (2015), Manobala let Sentrayan improvise most of his dialogue. Sentrayan's ad-libbed line about 'pandi mookku' became so popular that the film's title was changed to match it.
- Kondraal Paavam (2023) was the first film where Manobala gave Sentrayan a full-length comic role instead of a sidekick part. That performance directly led to Sentrayan being cast as the lead in a 2024 web series on a major OTT platform.
- On the sets of Ivanuku Thannila Gandam, Manobala and Sentrayan had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the entire crew tea. Sentrayan lost every single day for the first week.
- Sentrayan once said in an interview: 'Manobala sir is the only director who let me fail on screen and still called me for the next film.' He said this while promoting Kondraal Paavam.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Lodukku Pandi
- Ivanuku Thannila Gandam
- Kondraal Paavam
- Parrisu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
56% of Sentrayan's screen credits are with Manobala. When they first worked together, Manobala had 81 films behind them; Sentrayan had 2.
Before Thulli Vilayadu, Manobala had starred in 81 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Thuppakki (2012).
Before Thulli Vilayadu, Sentrayan had starred in 2 films, including Aadukalam (2011) and Polladhavan (2007).
After Parrisu, Sentrayan went on to appear in 2 more films, including Kaakaa (2026) and Arjunan Per Paththu (2026).
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