25 Films of Kamal Haasan and Sridevi: The Hits: The Flops: The Unreleased: The Incomplete: The Dubbed!

 

Film List

No.	Film	Year		Dubbed	Hit/Flop
1	Moondru Mudichu	1976	Tamil	No	Hit
2	16 Vayathinile	1977	Tamil	No	Hit
3	Nirakudam	1977	Malayalam	No	Flop
4	Aasheervaadam	1977	Malayalam	No	Flop
5	Aadhya Paadam	1977	Malayalam	No	Flop
6	Satyavan Savithri	1977	Malayalam	No	Flop
7	Kalyana Raman	1979	Tamil	No	Hit
8	Neeka Malargal	1979	Tamil	No	Flop
9	Sigapukal Mookuthi	1979	Tamil	No	Hit
10	Thaayillamal Naan Illai	1979	Tamil	No	Hit
11	Manitharil Ithanai Nirangala	1978	Tamil	No	Flop
12	Kuttavum Shikshayum	1978	Malayalam	No	Flop
13	Sigapu Rojakkal	1978	Tamil	No	Hit
14	Varumaiyin Niram Sivapu	1980	Tamil	Yes (Aakali Rajyam)	Hit
15	Guru	1980	Tamil	No	Flop
16	Aakali Rajyam	1981	Telugu	No	Hit
17	Meendum Kokila	1981	Tamil	No	Hit
18	Sankarlal	1981	Tamil	No	Flop
19	Vazhvey Maayam	1982	Tamil	No	Hit
20	Moondram Pirai	1982	Tamil	No	Hit
21	Andhagaadu	1982	Telugu	No	Flop
22	Sadma	1983	Hindi	Remake	Hit
23	Khabardar	1984	Hindi	No	Flop
24	Aakhri Sangram	1984	Hindi	Yes (Thaayillamal)	Flop
25	Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu	1986	Telugu	No	Flop

 

 

Eight years her senior and an established star by the time Sridevi worked with him in their first film together in 1976 when she was but a teen, the magical pairing of Kamal Haasan and Sridevi resulted in an intermittent mix of the brilliant and the bad, the beautiful and the base, movies of great critical acclaim and box office, plus a dose of films both hated (Kamal Haasan esp was very vocal when it came to films he didn't like especially if he was in them!). 

About 25 films together, in four languages (the mere dubbed films we aren't counting as separate!), the enduring legacy will live on forever as there was a magical alchemy between the two super stars and superb actors. A healthy sense of competition and upmanship that both talked about in interviews. Their films, performances, and experiments in genre were fueled by the desire to do better than the past, be it in critical acclaim or box-office performance. By the 1980s, the producers and directors were too in awe of their stardom and fan base to give them both equal footage and meaty roles. The number of films where Kamal Haasan walked away with the awards and Sridevi was left with nominations, though never stated on record, must have bothered the star and her camp inadvertently.

Even Kamal Haasan's attempts to reunite on screen were thumbed down by Sridevi. Legend has it they were still talking about doing another film together and polymath Haasan (writer, director, choreographer, singer, actor!) had said that eventually he'd convince Sridevi to do a Tamil film with him - alas cruel fate stepped in instead. 

It's been a pleasure to find some of their vintage movies on Amazon Prime, clear copies with subtitles. Like discovering facets of a diamond through new lenses, digging in the archives to find hidden gems for us non-native speakers of the plethora of films they did together. 

Have a bizarre inkling AI will unite them on screen - whether we like it or not.