Manorama & Senthamarai Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manorama and Senthamarai appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1964 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Poompuhar (1964 — 7.5/10). Films span Poompuhar (1964) through Shankar Guru (1987).
The Manorama & Senthamarai partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Adutha Varisu (1983). They didn't share a set between 1971 and 1983. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Poompuhar (1964) to Shankar Guru (1987). Thozhilali (1964, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Poompuhar; the 1980s to Adutha Varisu. Manorama acted in every film; Senthamarai acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 3 decades
The 1960s brought 3 films together, anchored by Poompuhar (7.5/10).
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.5/10.
- Poompuhar
- Thozhilali
- Sumathi En Sundari0
- Adutha Varisu
- Shankar Guru0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 23 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Senthamarai's screen credits are with Manorama. After Shankar Guru, Manorama kept going for 115 more films; Senthamarai stepped back.
Before Poompuhar, Manorama had starred in 9 films, including Kalathur Kannamma (1960) and Kungumam (1963).
After Shankar Guru, Manorama went on to appear in 115 more films, including Indian (1996) and Nadigan (1990).
Before Poompuhar, Senthamarai had starred in 1 film, including Thayilla Pillai (1961).
After Shankar Guru, Senthamarai went on to appear in 9 more films, including Enga Ooru Kavalkaran (1988) and Guru Sishyan (1988).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manorama & Senthamarai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nagesh is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 6 films. Nagesh appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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