Shankar & Vijayakanth Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-20 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Vijayakanth appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1981 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) through Santhana Kaatru (1990).
The Shankar & Vijayakanth partnership
From Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) to Santhana Kaatru (1990). The work is uneven: Sattam Oru Iruttarai (7.5) at one end, Santhana Kaatru (3.4) at the other. Vetri (1984, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The spanned closed with Santhana Kaatru in 1990. Sattam Oru Iruttarai is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Sattam Oru Iruttarai; the 1990s to Santhana Kaatru. Shankar scored every film; Vijayakanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 4 films together, anchored by Sattam Oru Iruttarai (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.4/10.
- Sattam Oru Iruttarai
- Nenjile Thunivirunthal
- Santhana Kaatru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 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, Vijayakanth kept going for 57 more films; Shankar stepped back.
Before Sattam Oru Iruttarai, Shankar had starred in 8 films, including Oru Thalai Ragam (1980) and Uyarndhavargal (1977).
After Santhana Kaatru, Shankar went on to appear in 27 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Before Sattam Oru Iruttarai, Vijayakanth had starred in 5 films, including Dhoorathu Idi Muzhakkam (1980) and Neer Nilam Neruppu (1980).
After Santhana Kaatru, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 57 more films, including Sakkarai Devan (1993) and Karuppu Nila (1995).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Vijayakanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 5 of their 5 films. S. S. Chandran appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Sankar Ganesh scored 5 of them.
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