Shankar & Suruli rajan Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Suruli rajan appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1978 and 1980. Films span Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) through Vandichakkaram (1980).
The Shankar & Suruli rajan partnership
From Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) to Vandichakkaram (1980). The ran closed with Vandichakkaram in 1980. It started with Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Thai Meethu Sathiyam; the 1980s to Vandichakkaram. Shankar scored every film; Suruli rajan acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Thai Meethu Sathiyam0
- Vandichakkaram0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Vandichakkaram, Shankar kept going for 46 more films; Suruli rajan stepped back.
Before Thai Meethu Sathiyam, Shankar had starred in 3 films, including Uyarndhavargal (1977) and Pattikkaattu Raja (1975).
After Vandichakkaram, Shankar went on to appear in 46 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Before Thai Meethu Sathiyam, Suruli rajan had starred in 20 films, including Dheepam (1977) and Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (1977).
After Vandichakkaram, Suruli rajan went on to appear in 10 more films, including Sankarlal (1981) and Meendum Kokila (1981).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Suruli rajan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 2 of their 2 films.
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