Shankar & Thengai Srinivasan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Thengai Srinivasan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1974 and 1982. Their highest-rated collaboration was Uyarndhavargal (1977 — 7.5/10). Films span Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974) through Ranga (1982).
The Shankar & Thengai Srinivasan partnership
Between 1974 and 1982, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 8 years. From Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974) to Ranga (1982). The spanned closed with Ranga in 1982.
Uyarndhavargal is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Uyarndhavargal; the 1980s to Maria, My Darling. Shankar scored every film; Thengai Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 3 films together, anchored by Uyarndhavargal (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 2 films.
- Uyarndhavargal
- Pattikkaattu Raja
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Vellikizhamai Viradham was Shankar's acting debut.
After Ranga, Shankar went on to appear in 41 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Before Vellikizhamai Viradham, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 29 films, including Annai Velankanni (1971) and Rickshawkaran (1971).
After Ranga, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 31 more films, including Apoorva Sahodarigal (1983) and Nooravathu Naal (1984).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Thengai Srinivasan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 4 of their 5 films. Kamal Haasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Sankar Ganesh scored 4 of them.
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