Shankar & S. A. Chandrasekhar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and S. A. Chandrasekhar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1981 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) through Vetri (1984).
The Shankar & S. A. Chandrasekhar partnership
From Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) to Vetri (1984). Vetri (1984, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. Sattam Oru Iruttarai is the one most viewers reach for.
The played out closed with Vetri in 1984. It started with Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
The shape of the work
Shankar scored every film; S. A. Chandrasekhar directed 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 3 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 Vetri, Shankar went on to appear in 39 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Sattam Oru Iruttarai was S. A. Chandrasekhar's directorial debut.
After Vetri, S. A. Chandrasekhar went on to direct 49 more films, including Jai Shiv Shankar (1990) and Tamil Kudimagan (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & S. A. Chandrasekhar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakanth is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Vijayakanth appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Sankar Ganesh scored 3 of them.
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