Shankar & Silk Smitha Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shankar and Silk Smitha appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1980 and 1994. Films span Vandichakkaram (1980) through Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994).
The Shankar & Silk Smitha partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994). They didn't share a set between 1982 and 1994. From Vandichakkaram (1980) to Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994).
It started with Vandichakkaram (1980). The played out closed with Vaanga Partner Vaanga in 1994.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Vandichakkaram; the 1990s to Vaanga Partner Vaanga. Shankar scored every film; Silk Smitha acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Vandichakkaram0
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- Vaanga Partner Vaanga0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Silk Smitha's screen credits are with Shankar. After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Shankar kept going for 21 more films; Silk Smitha stepped back.
Before Vandichakkaram, Shankar had starred in 4 films, including Uyarndhavargal (1977) and Pattikkaattu Raja (1975).
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Shankar went on to appear in 21 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Vandichakkaram was Silk Smitha's acting debut.
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Silk Smitha went on to appear in 6 more films, including Rajali (1996) and Coimbatore Mappillai (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shankar & Silk Smitha'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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