Kamal Haasan & Manivannan Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kamal Haasan and Manivannan appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1996 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Avvai Shanmughi (1996 — 5.9/10). Films span Avvai Shanmughi (1996) through Pammal K. Sambandam (2002).
The Kamal Haasan & Manivannan partnership
From Avvai Shanmughi (1996) to Pammal K. Sambandam (2002). The ran closed with Pammal K. Sambandam in 2002. It started with Avvai Shanmughi (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Avvai Shanmughi; the 2000s to Pammal K. Sambandam. Kamal Haasan acted in every film; Manivannan acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.8/10.
- Avvai Shanmughi
- Pammal K. Sambandam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 6 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, Kamal Haasan had 148 films behind them; Manivannan had 47.
Before Avvai Shanmughi, Kamal Haasan had starred in 148 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Enakkul Oruvan (1984).
After Pammal K. Sambandam, Kamal Haasan went on to appear in 34 more films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Vikram (2022).
Before Avvai Shanmughi, Manivannan had starred in 47 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Pammal K. Sambandam, Manivannan went on to appear in 45 more films, including Meesai Madhavan (2004) and Sivappathigaram (2006).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kamal Haasan & Manivannan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva is the through-line — music on 2 of their 2 films.
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