Shankar & S. S. Chandran Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and S. S. Chandran appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1984 and 1994. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vetri (1984 — 7.5/10). Films span Vetri (1984) through Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994).
The Shankar & S. S. Chandran partnership
1990 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Vetri (1984) to Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994). The played out closed with Vaanga Partner Vaanga in 1994.
Vetri is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Vetri (1984).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Vetri; the 1990s to Santhana Kaatru. Shankar scored every film; S. S. Chandran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 2 films together, anchored by Vetri (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 5 films, averaging 3.3/10.
- Vetri
- Manaivi Oru Mandhiri0
- Santhana Kaatru
- Amma Pillai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of S. S. Chandran's screen credits are with Shankar.
Before Vetri, Shankar had starred in 13 films, including Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Shankar went on to appear in 21 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Before Vetri, S. S. Chandran had starred in 5 films, including Sivappu Malli (1981) and Soorakottai Singakutti (1983).
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, S. S. Chandran went on to appear in 9 more films, including Thirunelveli (2000) and Vishnu (1995).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & S. S. Chandran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 6 of their 7 films. Kovai Sarala appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. Sankar Ganesh scored 6 of them.
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