Vaiyapuri & Deva Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vaiyapuri and Deva appeared together in 16 Tamil films between 1998 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998 — 6.5/10). Films span Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) through Adavadi (2007).
The Vaiyapuri & Deva partnership
1999 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 9 years, a Vaiyapuri–Deva film arrived almost every year. From Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998) to Adavadi (2007).
It started with Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Kannedhirey Thondrinal; the 2000s to Kadal Pookkal. Vaiyapuri acted in every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
16 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 9 films, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 7 films, averaging 5.3/10.
- Kannedhirey Thondrinal
- Ooty
- Kadal Pookkal
- Adavadi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 9 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, Vaiyapuri had 0 films behind them; Deva had 166. After Adavadi, Vaiyapuri kept going for 50 more films; Deva stepped back.
Kaadhale Nimmadhi was Vaiyapuri's acting debut.
After Adavadi, Vaiyapuri went on to appear in 50 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Thalaikoothal (2023).
Before Kaadhale Nimmadhi, Deva had starred in 166 films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Adavadi, Deva went on to appear in 7 more films, including Aarumugam (2009) and Kutti Pisasu (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vaiyapuri & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company. Manivannan appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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