Manorama & R. Krishnamurthy Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manorama and R. Krishnamurthy appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1980 and 1985. Their highest-rated collaboration was Billa (1980 — 7.5/10). Films span Billa (1980) through Nermai (1985).
The Manorama & R. Krishnamurthy partnership
Between 1980 and 1985, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 5 years. For 5 years, a Manorama–R. film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.0 and 7.5.
From Billa (1980) to Nermai (1985). Theerpu (1982, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Manorama acted in every film; R. Krishnamurthy directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 1 decade
- Billa
- Thee
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 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
75% of R. Krishnamurthy's screen credits are with Manorama. When they first worked together, Manorama had 102 films behind them; R. Krishnamurthy had 1. After Nermai, Manorama kept going for 127 more films; R. Krishnamurthy stepped back.
Before Billa, Manorama had starred in 102 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala (1978).
After Nermai, Manorama went on to appear in 127 more films, including Indian (1996) and Nadigan (1990).
Before Billa, R. Krishnamurthy had directed 1 film, including Amar Deep (1979).
After Nermai, R. Krishnamurthy went on to direct 1 more film, including Vetri Karangal (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manorama & R. Krishnamurthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. S. Viswanathan is the through-line — music on 5 of their 6 films. M. S. Viswanathan scored 5 of them. Jaishankar appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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