Shankar & Ramya Krishnan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Ramya Krishnan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1985 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vellai Manasu (1985 — 3.6/10). Films span Vellai Manasu (1985) through Naane Varuven (1992).
The Shankar & Ramya Krishnan partnership
From Vellai Manasu (1985) to Naane Varuven (1992). The played out closed with Naane Varuven in 1992. It started with Vellai Manasu (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Vellai Manasu; the 1990s to Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu. Shankar scored every film; Ramya Krishnan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.6/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
- Vellai Manasu
- Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu0
- Naane Varuven0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Naane Varuven, Ramya Krishnan kept going for 108 more films; Shankar stepped back.
Before Vellai Manasu, Shankar had starred in 15 films, including Vetri (1984) and Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981).
After Naane Varuven, Shankar went on to appear in 24 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Vellai Manasu was Ramya Krishnan's acting debut.
After Naane Varuven, Ramya Krishnan went on to appear in 108 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and Baahubali 2 (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Ramya Krishnan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
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