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Padmapriya
Padmapriya

Co-Stars & Directors

Padmapriya

14Co-Stars
3Directors
3Music Directors
4Films with M. S. Viswanathan
veteranCareer Phase

Padmapriya Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together

Padmapriya's collaborators

Padmapriya's most frequent music director is M. S. Viswanathan — 4 pairings. Manorama has stayed in Padmapriya's catalogue from 1979 to 2010 — a partnership that crosses decades. From 1975 (with C. V. Sridhar) to 2017 (with Vasanth).

Cheran averages 7.7/10 across 2 films with Padmapriya — the highest-rated active pairing. Of 20 collaborators, only 2 have appeared in three or more films — most pairings are one-offs.

As of July 2026.

Collaborator network

Top 12 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.

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Most acclaimed pairing
Padmapriya × Cheran
2 films·avg 7.7/10
Longest running
Padmapriya × Manorama
31+ years·2 decades

Strongest pairings

Vasanth tops the rankings without close competition — outscoring the next-strongest pairing by 63%.

20Total Co-Stars & Directors
4Most films with M. S. Viswanathan
3Role categories

Top pairings compared

Sabesh-Murali has the most films; Vasanth has the most recent.

MetricVasanthCrane ManoharSabesh-MuraliVaiyapuri
Films together2232
Avg rating7.36.57.16.0
First2007200720052010
Latest2017201420092014
Best filmSatham PodatheySatham PodatheyThavamai ThavamirundhuIrumbu Kottai Murattu Singam

Multi-decade partnerships

9 pairings have endured across two-plus decades — a rare cluster of long-running partnerships.

Most acclaimed pairings

The top acclaimed pairings sit within 0.3 of each other — by rating alone, any of them could lead this list.

Collaboration by Decade

1970s
12 films
6.8
C. V. Sridhar, Manjula Vijayakumar, Sivaji Ganesan
1980s
3 films
7.4
C. V. Sridhar, Sivaji Ganesan, M. S. Viswanathan
1990s
1 film
1
Manjula Vijayakumar
2000s
20 films
7.2
Vasanth, Cheran, Aadhi
2010s
6 films
6.1
Vasanth, Nassar, Vaiyapuri

Creative Legacy

Padmapriya carved a distinctive niche in South Indian cinema through her intelligent choice of roles and understated, naturalistic acting style. Emerging in the early 2000s, she quickly distinguished herself from her contemporaries by gravitating towards character-driven narratives in Malayalam and Tamil cinema, often portraying strong, independent women. Her career trajectory is marked by a delib

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