Sripriya & Srikanth Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sripriya and Srikanth appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1977 and 1980. Their highest-rated collaboration was Neeya (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Nallathukku Kalamillai (1977) through Maria, My Darling (1980).
The Sripriya & Srikanth partnership
Between 1977 and 1980, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 3 years. From Nallathukku Kalamillai (1977) to Maria, My Darling (1980). Neeya is the one most viewers reach for.
The spanned closed with Maria, My Darling in 1980. It started with Nallathukku Kalamillai (1977).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Neeya; the 1980s to Maria, My Darling. Sripriya acted in every film; Srikanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sripriya was already a star when she agreed to do Nallathukku Kalamillai (1977). Srikanth was a newcomer. She insisted the director cast him as her hero after seeing his screen test — she felt he had the right 'innocent intensity' for her character's tragic love story.
- On the sets of Mangala Vaathiyam (1979), Sripriya would deliberately flub her lines in the first take to make Srikanth laugh and loosen up. He was nervous around her star power. She told the crew she wanted him to stop treating her like a 'senior' and start reacting like a real lover.
- Maria, My Darling (1980) was the first Tamil film to feature a Christian wedding as a central plot device. The church wedding scene between Sripriya and Srikanth became so iconic that it directly inspired the wedding sequence in the 1992 blockbuster Chinna Gounder.
- After Maria, My Darling flopped, Sripriya and Srikanth never spoke again for nearly 15 years. She felt he had become distant and 'too career-minded'. They only reconciled at a mutual friend's wedding in 1995, where Srikanth walked up and said, 'I was stupid. You were my best co-star.'
- Srikanth once said in a 1981 interview: 'With Sripriya, I didn't have to act. She gave me the scene's rhythm. If I was too fast, she slowed me down with just a look. If I was too slow, she'd raise an eyebrow and I'd catch up. She directed me without ever saying a word.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 4 films together, anchored by Neeya (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Neeya
- Sattam En Kaiyil
- Maria, My Darling0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Maria, My Darling, Srikanth kept going for 97 more films; Sripriya stepped back. By the time of Nallathukku Kalamillai, both already had careers — Sripriya with 12 films, Srikanth with 24.
Before Nallathukku Kalamillai, Sripriya had starred in 12 films, including Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) and Pattikkaattu Raja (1975).
After Maria, My Darling, Sripriya went on to appear in 43 more films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Parvayin Marupakkam (1982).
Before Nallathukku Kalamillai, Srikanth had starred in 24 films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Aval (1972).
After Maria, My Darling, Srikanth went on to appear in 97 more films, including Blackmail (2025) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sripriya & Srikanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kamal Haasan is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Sankar Ganesh scored 3 of them. Kamal Haasan appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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