Shankar & Sangili Murugan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Sangili Murugan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1981 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) through Oorkavalan (1987).
The Shankar & Sangili Murugan partnership
From Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) to Oorkavalan (1987). Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. The played out closed with Oorkavalan in 1987.
Sattam Oru Iruttarai is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
The shape of the work
Shankar scored every film; Sangili Murugan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Sattam Oru Iruttarai
- Nenjile Thunivirunthal
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Sattam Oru Iruttarai, Shankar had starred in 8 films, including Oru Thalai Ragam (1980) and Uyarndhavargal (1977).
After Oorkavalan, Shankar went on to appear in 35 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Before Sattam Oru Iruttarai, Sangili Murugan had starred in 1 film, including Suvarilladha Chiththirangal (1979).
After Oorkavalan, Sangili Murugan went on to appear in 21 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Jigarthanda (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Sangili Murugan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 3 of their 3 films. Sankar Ganesh scored 3 of them.
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