Kovai Senthil

Acting

Kovai Senthil

Born — Died

1944-01-01 — 2018-08-09

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Kumarasamy, known by his stage name, Kovai Senthil, was a Tamil film character artist who appeared in Tamil films starting with Bhagyaraj's Oru Kai Osai. He appeared in over 400 Tamil films.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

2000s · 13 titles

Joot poster
7.0

Eashwaran, a man from a small village, moves to his brother's house in Chennai with his ailing father. However, his life turns upside down when his brother incurs the wrath of a local thug.

Joot

2003

Sound Party poster
NR

Kumaresan is a rich landlord in a village who spends his wealth for the welfare of his village in Erode district. As Kumaresan's parents died when he was young, he has no one to care for except his sidekicks (Vadivelu, Manivannan and Halwa Vasu). Local Panchayath president Govindan also hails from the same village who has enmity with Kumaresan. Kumaresan does not respect Govindans growth from being a labor in his farm to a rich politician, and Govindan keeps interrupting often whenever Kumaresan wants to find a bride.

Sound Party

2004

No artwork available
6.0

Sakthivel hates his stepbrother Thangarasu because he thinks that his stepmother killed his father. However, his family members apart from his mother and his son are fond of Thangarasu.

Simmasanam

2000

Pinju Manasu poster
NR

hulasi (Saravanan), an orphan, works as a peon in an engineering college. He and the college professor Devi (Tharsha), who hails from a rich family, fall in love with each other and they get married secretly. However, their marriage is rejected by Devi's father (Nizhalgal Ravi), a powerful minister, and the two then go live in Chennai. Six years later, Thulasi and Devi don't have children thus Devi feels depressed about it. Thereafter, Devi becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy but the doctor tells them that Devi's womb was damaged after childbirth and she cannot have another child.

Pinju Manasu

2009

Middle Class Madhavan poster
4.3

Madhavan, a lawyer and the breadwinner of his family, finds it difficult to enjoy his married life due to his family's issues.

Middle Class Madhavan

2001

Ramachandra poster
7.0

Due to his honesty and refusal to meet the demands of those in power, inspector Ramachandran is often transferred from one town to another. Soon, he finds himself in an area that is highly terrorised.

Ramachandra

2003

Lesa Lesa poster
7.1

Chandru's grandfather is going to visit him but Chandru has spent all his money. So he requests his wealthy friend, Rakesh, to pose as the owner of all the riches till his grandfather stays with him.

Lesa Lesa

2003

Kadhalna Summa Illai poster
NR

Abhi, the son of GK, a multi-millionaire, looks down upon the poor. After he ends up losing his lover Janaki, he sets out on a journey to find her and learns few valuable lessons in life.

Kadhalna Summa Illai

2009

Military poster
NR

Madhavan is known as Military due to his strict attitude towards his five sisters. However, when he is forced to get his first sister married to a widowed professor, his other sisters alienate him.

Military

2003

Devan poster
6.0

When the movie opens Devan(Arun Pandiyan) murdering photographer Jeeva(Thalaivasal Vijay) in cold blood in his house. Jeeva strategically positions a video camera to capture the impending murder but Devan never shows his face to it. And when Jeeva shouts out the name of his killer before dying, the audio is lost at that point. While the police search for the killer, Devan zeroes in on Chetta (Saikumar) as his next target. He follows Chetta to Chandigarh but is apprehended by CBI officer Ratnavel(Vijayakanth). But once Ratnavel realises Chetta's true nature, he begins to help Devan, even hiring successful lawyer Chakravarthy(Karthik) to fight for him. The flashback shows that Devan's sister (Kausalya) was killed by Chetta, Devan wants to avenge the death of his sister. In the climax, villain is killed.

Devan

2002

Thennavan poster
2.5

Thennavan, a successful bureaucrat, is appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of the country by the Prime Minister himself. But his radical plan to fix the electoral system goes wrong.

Thennavan

2003

Adavadi poster
NR

An arrogant filmmaker's life shatters when an actress, who is madly in love with him, cajoles him and makes him fall in love with her, but leaves him for another man.

Adavadi

2007

Perarasu poster
5.2

CBI officer Kasi gets tasked to investigate the disappearance of a judge. However, when he finds the culprits, who are three corrupt policemen, they get killed one by one and Kasi gets framed for it.

Perarasu

2006

1990s · 16 titles

Padayappa poster
7.4

Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.

Padayappa

1999

Indian poster
7.0

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

Indian

1996

Annan poster
NR

Velan feels happy when his sister, Lakshmi, marries Selvam, a police officer. But Velan is shocked when Selvam accuses him of killing his father.

Annan

1999

No artwork available
NR

A benevolent man locks horn with the village head who is insensitive and exploitative in nature. The head turns more vengeful and destructive when he discovers that his daughter is in love with him.

Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu

1991

No artwork available
NR

Diwakar, a videographer, tricks people into giving him money, so he can collect enough capital for his shop. However, the girl he loves promises to marry him only if he ends his scheming ways.

Sathyavan

1994

No artwork available
NR

Two criminals, Machi and Mamu, face difficulties when they decide to save and reunite Raja, one of their cellmates, with Kaveri.

Palaivana Paravaigal

1990

No artwork available
NR

Kannathal is the eldest of five sisters and believed to possess divine powers. A man offers to relieve the family of their debts if Kannathal marries him. But he shows his true colours after marriage.

Kannathal

1998

Harichandra poster
6.8

Hari, a compulsive liar, falls in love with Nandini, an honest school principal. Though she accepts him for who he is, his habit of lying creates problems in their relationship.

Harichandra

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gandhi Pirantha Mann

1995

No artwork available
10.0

Rasayya is a wealthy but cowardly man, who is being controlled by his uncle, Ratnavelu. An educated woman falls in love with Rasayya and makes him a changed man. Will Rasayya fight against Ratnavelu?

Chinna Jameen

1993

Avvai Shanmugi poster
7.0

A divorced husband desperately misses his daughter. In order to be with her, he takes up a job in his father-in-law's house. The only catch is that the job is that of a female governess.

Avvai Shanmugi

1996

Kaalam Maari Pochu poster
NR

Indra and her three sisters are married off to mediocre men by their patriarchal father. However, he realises their importance when his son stirs discord in the family.

Kaalam Maari Pochu

1996

No artwork available
9.0

Lawyer Uma takes up the case of Raman, a mechanic who has been framed for murder. She soon learns that the prime suspect is her own father, Vishwanath, whom she has always held in high esteem.

Vaa Magale Vaa

1994

Thedinen Vandhadhu poster
6.5

A man and his friend try to save a bag containing a hefty sum, which they hide in an empty house. When they return for the bag, the house is occupied by a girl and her family.

Thedinen Vandhadhu

1997

En Aasai Machaan poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

En Aasai Machaan

1994

Natpukkaga poster
6.2

A rich man's daughter accuses a loyal servant of attempting to rape her and sends him out of the house. However, she later reveals that she had falsely accused him as she had hated his father.

Natpukkaga

1998