Richard Rishi & Deepa Shankar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Richard Rishi and Deepa Shankar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2020 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Rudra Thandavam (2021 — 6.2/10). Films span Paramapatham Vilaiyattu (2020) through Rudra Thandavam (2021).
The Richard Rishi & Deepa Shankar partnership
From Paramapatham Vilaiyattu (2020) to Rudra Thandavam (2021). It started with Paramapatham Vilaiyattu (2020).
The shape of the work
Richard Rishi acted in every film; Deepa Shankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Rudra Thandavam
- Paramapadham Vilayattu
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
After Rudra Thandavam, Deepa Shankar kept going for 19 more films; Richard Rishi stepped back.
Before Paramapatham Vilaiyattu, Richard Rishi had starred in 25 films, including Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? (2012) and Yuga (2006).
After Rudra Thandavam, Richard Rishi went on to appear in 2 more films, including Sila Nodigalil (2023) and Draupathi 2 (2026).
Before Paramapatham Vilaiyattu, Deepa Shankar had starred in 1 film, including Vedigundu Murugesan (2009).
After Rudra Thandavam, Deepa Shankar went on to appear in 19 more films, including Karuppu (2026) and Thandatti (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Richard Rishi & Deepa Shankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
A. L. Azhagappan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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