Senthil & Anandaraj Movies Together List — 18 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Senthil and Anandaraj appeared together in 18 Tamil films between 1988 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanne Kalaimaane (2019 — 7.6/10). Films span Senthoora Poove (1988) through Kanne Kalaimaane (2019).
The Senthil & Anandaraj partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for Kanne Kalaimaane (2019). They didn't share a set between 2003 and 2019. 1990 was their peak — 5 films in twelve months.
They saved their best for last — Kanne Kalaimaane (7.6/10) came 31 years in. Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 72% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Senthoora Poove; the 2010s to Kanne Kalaimaane. Senthil acted in every film; Anandaraj acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the set of Senthoora Poove (1988) because the director needed a villain who could match Senthil's comic timing. Anandaraj was a newcomer then, and Senthil reportedly told the director, 'This guy has the face of a killer but the eyes of a clown — he'll work.'
- In Pulan Visaranai (1990), Senthil and Anandaraj built a rhythm where Senthil would set up a joke with his stammer and body language, and Anandaraj would deliver the punchline with a deadpan glare. That back-and-forth became their signature — the audience laughed at Senthil's panic, then at Anandaraj's cold reaction.
- Their 1992 film Government Mappillai directly inspired the template for the 'comic villain duo' in Tamil cinema. Directors like K. S. Ravikumar later admitted they cast Senthil and Anandaraj together specifically to recreate that film's energy in their own projects.
- After Yes Madam (2003) flopped, the two didn't speak for nearly a decade. Anandaraj later said in an interview that he felt Senthil had started treating him like a sidekick off-screen too. They only reconciled in 2018 when a mutual friend forced them to share a drink at a wedding.
- Anandaraj once said about Senthil: 'He taught me that comedy is not about making faces — it's about the pause before the face. I learned to wait for his pause.'
18 films across 4 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
The 1990s accounted for 13 films, averaging 3.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 1.0/10.
The 2010s brought 1 film together, anchored by Kanne Kalaimaane (7.6/10).
- Senthoora Poove
- Pattukku Naan Adimai
- Ulagam Piranthathu Enakkaga
- Krodham 2
- Seerivarum Kaalai0
- Kanne Kalaimaane
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
18 films across 31 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
47% of Anandaraj's screen credits are with Senthil. When they first worked together, Senthil had 54 films behind them; Anandaraj had 0.
Before Senthoora Poove, Senthil had starred in 54 films, including Vazhga! Valarga! (1987) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Kanne Kalaimaane, Senthil went on to appear in 8 more films, including Kick (2023) and Pistha (2022).
Senthoora Poove was Anandaraj's acting debut.
After Kanne Kalaimaane, Anandaraj went on to appear in 20 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Idiot (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Senthil & Anandaraj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Deva scored 4 of them. Goundamani appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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