Senthil & Deva Movies Together List — 40 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Senthil and Deva appeared together in 40 Tamil films between 1988 and 2003. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thai Maaman (1994 — 7.5/10). Films span Oorai Terunjukittaen (1988) through Military (2003).
The Senthil & Deva partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1994 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 15 years, a Senthil–Deva film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Thai Maaman (7.5) at one end, Krodham 2 (1.0) at the other. From Oorai Terunjukittaen (1988) to Military (2003).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 78% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Oorai Terunjukittaen; the 2000s to Unnai Kann Theduthey. Senthil acted in every film; Deva scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
40 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 2.5/10.
The 1990s brought 31 films together, anchored by Thai Maaman (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 8 films, averaging 4.3/10.
- Oorai Terunjukittaen
- Thai Maaman
- Nila
- Unnai Kann Theduthey
- Virumbugiren
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
40 films across 15 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Senthil's screen credits are with Deva. When they first worked together, Senthil had 54 films behind them; Deva had 0.
Before Oorai Terunjukittaen, Senthil had starred in 54 films, including Vazhga! Valarga! (1987) and Nalla Naal (1984).
After Military, Senthil went on to appear in 17 more films, including Kanne Kalaimaane (2019) and Kick (2023).
Oorai Terunjukittaen was Deva's acting debut.
After Military, Deva went on to appear in 29 more films, including Engal Anna (2004) and Jore (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Senthil & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Goundamani is the through-line — cast on 22 of their 40 films. They worked with the same 28 people again and again — a small repertory company. Goundamani appears alongside them in 22 films — practically a third lead.
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