Arjun & Manorama Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Arjun and Manorama appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1987 and 2003. Their highest-rated collaboration was Gentleman (1993 — 4.8/10). Films span Shankar Guru (1987) through Ottran (2003).
The Arjun & Manorama partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Ottran (2003). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 1994 and 2003.
From Shankar Guru (1987) to Ottran (2003). The spanned closed with Ottran in 2003.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Shankar Guru; the 2000s to Ottran. Arjun acted in every film; Manorama acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
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- Jai Hind
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 16 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, Arjun had 11 films behind them; Manorama had 157. After Ottran, Arjun kept going for 40 more films; Manorama stepped back.
Before Shankar Guru, Arjun had starred in 11 films, including Engal Kural (1985) and Swati (1986).
After Ottran, Arjun went on to appear in 40 more films, including Maasi (2012) and Irumbu Thirai (2018).
Before Shankar Guru, Manorama had starred in 157 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Ottran, Manorama went on to appear in 13 more films, including Periyar (2007) and Arundhati (2009).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Arjun & Manorama's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Senthil is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Senthil appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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