Sripriya & Manorama Movies Together List — 18 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sripriya and Manorama appeared together in 18 Tamil films between 1974 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enakkul Oruvan (1984 — 8.5/10). Films span Murugan Kattiya Vazhi (1974) through Pongi Varum Kaveri (1989).
The Sripriya & Manorama partnership
1980 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 15 years, a Sripriya–Manorama film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 8.5.
From Murugan Kattiya Vazhi (1974) to Pongi Varum Kaveri (1989). Thee (1981, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 61% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to En Kelvikku Enna Bathil; the 1980s to Enakkul Oruvan. Sripriya acted in every film; Manorama acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sripriya was just 16 when she first acted opposite Manorama in 'Murugan Kattiya Vazhi' (1974). Manorama, already a veteran, reportedly took the teenager under her wing on set — feeding her lines and calming her nerves before every take.
- In 'Enakkul Oruvan' (1984), Manorama played a loud, street-smart mother while Sripriya played her quiet, suffering daughter-in-law. The trick? Manorama deliberately overacted in rehearsals so Sripriya would react with more restrained, natural pain. The 8.5/10 rating is no accident.
- Their 1981 film 'Thee' was one of the earliest Tamil movies to center a female friendship as the emotional backbone of a revenge thriller. Years later, directors like Mysskin and Bala cited this film's raw sisterhood dynamic as an influence on their own female-led dramas.
- On the sets of 'Mogam Muppadhu Varusham' (1976), Manorama would cook Sripriya's favorite biryani every Friday. Sripriya later said Manoroma never let her eat alone — they'd sit on the floor of the vanity van, sharing one plate, even when the crew had a full table.
- In 'En Kelvikku Enna Bathil' (1978), the two played rivals fighting over the same man. But the real battle was off-camera: Manorama kept improvising comic insults, forcing Sripriya to match her wit in real time. The director kept the camera rolling because the unscripted back-and-forth was gold.
18 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 7 films together, anchored by En Kelvikku Enna Bathil (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 11 films together, anchored by Enakkul Oruvan (8.5/10).
- En Kelvikku Enna Bathil
- Pattikkaattu Raja
- Enakkul Oruvan
- Billa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
18 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
58% of Sripriya's screen credits are with Manorama. When they first worked together, Sripriya had 0 films behind them; Manorama had 67. After Pongi Varum Kaveri, Manorama kept going for 100 more films; Sripriya stepped back.
Murugan Kattiya Vazhi was Sripriya's acting debut.
After Pongi Varum Kaveri, Sripriya went on to appear in 13 more films, including Drushyam (2014) and Malini 22 Vijayawada (2013).
Before Murugan Kattiya Vazhi, Manorama had starred in 67 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Muhammad bin Tughluq (1971).
After Pongi Varum Kaveri, Manorama went on to appear in 100 more films, including Indian (1996) and Nadigan (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sripriya & Manorama's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. S. Viswanathan is the through-line — music on 9 of their 18 films. M. S. Viswanathan scored 9 of them. They worked with the same 12 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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