Senthil & Thalaivasal Vijay Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Senthil and Thalaivasal Vijay appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1988 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vishnu (1995 — 6.0/10). Films span Ullathil Nalla Ullam (1988) through Devan (2002).
The Senthil & Thalaivasal Vijay partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Ullathil Nalla Ullam (1988) to Devan (2002). The spanned closed with Devan in 2002.
It started with Ullathil Nalla Ullam (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Ullathil Nalla Ullam; the 2000s to Devan. Senthil acted in every film; Thalaivasal Vijay acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Senthil and Thalaivasal Vijay first shared screen space in 'Ullathil Nalla Ullam' (1988) because the director needed a pair of comedians who could also handle emotional scenes. Senthil was already a star comedian, but Vijay was a newcomer. Senthil personally recommended Vijay to the director after seeing him in a stage play.
- In 'Periya Marudhu' (1994), Senthil would deliberately flub his lines during rehearsals to make Thalaivasal Vijay laugh. Vijay then had to improvise his reactions on the spot. The director kept those takes because the spontaneous laughter felt real on screen.
- Their comic timing in 'Vishnu' (1995) was so tight that a young Vadivelu reportedly studied their scene together frame by frame at a theatre in Chennai. He later credited that film for teaching him how to pace a double-act comedy.
- On the sets of 'Devan' (2002), Senthil and Thalaivasal Vijay shared the same makeup room even though they were given separate ones. They said it was because they needed to rehearse their lines in private — but crew members noticed they mostly just gossiped about old films.
5 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.7/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.2/10.
- Ullathil Nalla Ullam
- Vishnu
- Periya Marudhu
- Devan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 14 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, Senthil had 54 films behind them; Thalaivasal Vijay had 0. After Devan, Thalaivasal Vijay kept going for 77 more films; Senthil stepped back.
Before Ullathil Nalla Ullam, Senthil had starred in 54 films, including Vazhga! Valarga! (1987) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Devan, Senthil went on to appear in 23 more films, including Kanne Kalaimaane (2019) and Iyarkai (2003).
Ullathil Nalla Ullam was Thalaivasal Vijay's acting debut.
After Devan, Thalaivasal Vijay went on to appear in 77 more films, including Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad (2024) and Kaithi (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Senthil & Thalaivasal Vijay's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakanth is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Vijayakanth appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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