Shankar & R. Thyagarajan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-20 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and R. Thyagarajan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1974 and 1982. Films span Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974) through Ranga (1982).
The Shankar & R. Thyagarajan partnership
From Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974) to Ranga (1982). The played out closed with Ranga in 1982. It started with Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Vellikizhamai Viradham; the 1980s to Ranga. Shankar scored every film; R. Thyagarajan directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
After Ranga, Shankar kept going for 41 more films; R. Thyagarajan stepped back.
Vellikizhamai Viradham was Shankar's acting debut.
After Ranga, Shankar went on to appear in 41 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Vellikizhamai Viradham was R. Thyagarajan's directorial debut.
After Ranga, R. Thyagarajan went on to direct 9 more films, including Apoorva Sahodarigal (1983) and Nalla Naal (1984).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & R. Thyagarajan'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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