Shankar & Vinu Chakravarthy Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Vinu Chakravarthy appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1980 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Needhiyin Nizhal (1985 — 3.5/10). Films span Vandichakkaram (1980) through Santhana Kaatru (1990).
The Shankar & Vinu Chakravarthy partnership
From Vandichakkaram (1980) to Santhana Kaatru (1990). The played out closed with Santhana Kaatru in 1990. It started with Vandichakkaram (1980).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Needhiyin Nizhal; the 1990s to Santhana Kaatru. Shankar scored every film; Vinu Chakravarthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.4/10.
- Needhiyin Nizhal
- Vandichakkaram0
- Santhana Kaatru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
After Santhana Kaatru, Vinu Chakravarthy kept going for 63 more films; Shankar stepped back.
Before Vandichakkaram, Shankar had starred in 4 films, including Uyarndhavargal (1977) and Pattikkaattu Raja (1975).
After Santhana Kaatru, Shankar went on to appear in 27 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Vandichakkaram was Vinu Chakravarthy's acting debut.
After Santhana Kaatru, Vinu Chakravarthy went on to appear in 63 more films, including Vetri Karangal (1991) and Poomani (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Vinu Chakravarthy'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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