Amala & Jaishankar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amala and Jaishankar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1989 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nalaya Manithan (1989 — 4.1/10). Films span Mappillai (1989) through Mounam Sammadham (1990).
The Amala & Jaishankar partnership
From Mappillai (1989) to Mounam Sammadham (1990). The played out closed with Mounam Sammadham in 1990. It started with Mappillai (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Nalaya Manithan; the 1990s to Mounam Sammadham. Amala acted in every film; Jaishankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.0/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.8/10.
- Nalaya Manithan
- Mappillai
- Mounam Sammadham
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 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, Amala had 20 films behind them; Jaishankar had 207.
Before Mappillai, Amala had starred in 20 films, including Agni Nakshatram (1988) and Oru Iniya Udayam (1986).
After Mounam Sammadham, Amala went on to appear in 8 more films, including Hello (2017) and Life Is Beautiful (2012).
Before Mappillai, Jaishankar had starred in 207 films, including Vilangu (1987) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Mounam Sammadham, Jaishankar went on to appear in 16 more films, including Gokulam (1993) and Priyanka (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amala & Jaishankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Amala Akkineni is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Amala Akkineni appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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