Senthil & C. Ranganathan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Senthil and C. Ranganathan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1996 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Coimbatore Mappillai (1996 — 5.7/10). Films span Coimbatore Mappillai (1996) through Petta Rap (2024).
The Senthil & C. Ranganathan partnership
After 27 years apart, they came back together for Petta Rap (2024). They didn't share a set between 1997 and 2024. From Coimbatore Mappillai (1996) to Petta Rap (2024).
Their most recent film, Petta Rap, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. It started with Coimbatore Mappillai (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Coimbatore Mappillai; the 2020s to Petta Rap. Never on the same side of the camera — Senthil actor, C. Ranganathan director, across all 3 films. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film.
- Coimbatore Mappillai
- Aahaa Enna Porutham0
- Petta Rap
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 28 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 168 films behind them; C. Ranganathan had 0.
Before Coimbatore Mappillai, Senthil had starred in 168 films, including Ninaivu Chinnam (1989) and Uzhavan (1993).
After Petta Rap, Senthil went on to appear in 4 more films, including Vanganna Vanakkanganna (2025) and Badava (2025).
Coimbatore Mappillai was C. Ranganathan's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Goundamani is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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