Manivannan & Sonali Bendre Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manivannan and Sonali Bendre appeared together in 3 Tamil films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kadhalar Dhinam (1999 — 6.4/10). Films span Kadhalar Dhinam (1999) through Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999).
The Manivannan & Sonali Bendre partnership
1999 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Kadhalar Dhinam (1999) to Kannodu Kanbathellam (1999). The played out closed with Kannodu Kanbathellam in 1999.
It started with Kadhalar Dhinam (1999).
The shape of the work
Manivannan acted in every film; Sonali Bendre acted in all of them.
3 films across 1 decade
- Kadhalar Dhinam
- Kannodu Kanbathellam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Manivannan had 101 films behind them; Sonali Bendre had 18. After Kannodu Kanbathellam, Manivannan kept going for 75 more films; Sonali Bendre stepped back.
Before Kadhalar Dhinam, Manivannan had starred in 101 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Thai Maaman (1994).
After Kannodu Kanbathellam, Manivannan went on to appear in 75 more films, including Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001) and Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002).
Before Kadhalar Dhinam, Sonali Bendre had starred in 18 films, including Diljale (1996) and Keemat They Are Back (1998).
After Kannodu Kanbathellam, Sonali Bendre went on to appear in 17 more films, including Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and Shankar Dada MBBS (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manivannan & Sonali Bendre's professional partnership
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