K. V. Mahadevan & Thengai Srinivasan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
K. V. Mahadevan and Thengai Srinivasan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1964 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nalla Neram (1972 — 6.8/10). Films span Ullasa Payanam (1964) through Sarithira Nayagan (1984).
The K. V. Mahadevan & Thengai Srinivasan partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Sarithira Nayagan (1984). They didn't share a set between 1972 and 1984. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Ullasa Payanam (1964) to Sarithira Nayagan (1984). It started with Ullasa Payanam (1964).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Ullasa Payanam; the 1980s to Sarithira Nayagan. K. V. Mahadevan scored every film; Thengai Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 3 decades
The 1960s accounted for 1 film.
The 1970s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.8/10.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Ullasa Payanam0
- Nalla Neram
- En Annan0
- Sarithira Nayagan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 20 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, K. V. Mahadevan had 61 films behind them; Thengai Srinivasan had 0.
Before Ullasa Payanam, K. V. Mahadevan had starred in 61 films, including Padikkadha Medhai (1960) and Kungumam (1963).
After Sarithira Nayagan, K. V. Mahadevan went on to appear in 7 more films, including Alludugaru (1990) and Swathi Kiranam (1992).
Ullasa Payanam was Thengai Srinivasan's acting debut.
After Sarithira Nayagan, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 18 more films, including Padikkaatha Pannaiyar (1985) and Thendrale Ennai Thodu (1985).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of K. V. Mahadevan & Thengai Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
K. R. Vijaya is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. K. R. Vijaya appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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