Srinivasan & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Srinivasan and Radha Ravi appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Manithan (2016 — 7.3/10). Films span Manithan (2016) through Seeni (2019).
The Srinivasan & Radha Ravi partnership
From Manithan (2016) to Seeni (2019). Manithan is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Manithan (2016).
The shape of the work
Srinivasan acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- "He treated me like a younger brother, not a co-star. That's rare in this industry." — Srinivasan, in a 2019 interview about Radha Ravi after Seeni became a hit.
- Radha Ravi personally called Srinivasan to offer him the role in Manithan (2016) after the original actor backed out last minute. Srinivasan said yes without even reading the script.
- In Oviyavai Vitta Yaru (2016), Radha Ravi deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery to match Srinivasan's natural rhythm. Srinivasan later said that gesture made him feel like an equal on set.
- The success of Seeni (2019) directly led to a wave of small-budget rural comedies in Tamil cinema over the next two years — at least four films tried to replicate their odd-couple dynamic.
- During the shoot of Manithan, Radha Ravi would bring homemade biryani for the entire crew every Friday. Srinivasan later admitted he looked forward to those Fridays more than the scenes.
3 films across 1 decade
- Manithan
- Oviyavai Vitta Yaru0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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, Srinivasan had 9 films behind them; Radha Ravi had 118. After Seeni, Radha Ravi kept going for 30 more films; Srinivasan stepped back.
Before Manithan, Srinivasan had starred in 9 films, including Goli Soda (2014) and Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya (2013).
After Seeni, Srinivasan went on to appear in 2 more films, including Marijuana (2020) and Kattupura (2021).
Before Manithan, Radha Ravi had starred in 118 films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Soodhu Kavvum (2013).
After Seeni, Radha Ravi went on to appear in 30 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Pichaikkaran 2 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Srinivasan & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Oviya is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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