Ramki & Deva Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ramki and Deva appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1991 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ellame En Pondattidhan (1998 — 6.8/10). Films span En Pottukku Sonthakkaran (1991) through Sri Raja Rajeshwari (2001).
The Ramki & Deva partnership
1997 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From En Pottukku Sonthakkaran (1991) to Sri Raja Rajeshwari (2001). For 10 years, a Ramki–Deva film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Ellame En Pondattidhan (6.8) at one end, Thanga Pappa (1.0) at the other. The unfolded closed with Sri Raja Rajeshwari in 2001.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 88% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Ellame En Pondattidhan; the 2000s to Sri Raja Rajeshwari. Ramki acted in every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 7 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 2.8/10.
- Ellame En Pondattidhan
- Pudhalvan
- Sri Raja Rajeshwari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Sri Raja Rajeshwari, Deva kept going for 50 more films; Ramki stepped back.
Before En Pottukku Sonthakkaran, Ramki had starred in 22 films, including Poovizhi Raja (1988) and Vellaya Thevan (1990).
After Sri Raja Rajeshwari, Ramki went on to appear in 22 more films, including Journalist (2021) and Lucky Baskhar (2024).
En Pottukku Sonthakkaran was Deva's acting debut.
After Sri Raja Rajeshwari, Deva went on to appear in 50 more films, including Virumbugiren (2002) and Engal Anna (2004).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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