Y. Gee. Mahendra & M. S. Viswanathan Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Y. Gee. Mahendra and M. S. Viswanathan appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1974 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Manmadha Leelai (1976 — 7.5/10). Films span Penn Ondru Kanden (1974) through Kathai Kathayam Karanamam (1987).
The Y. Gee. Mahendra & M. S. Viswanathan partnership
1984 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 13 years, a Y.–M. film arrived almost every year. From Penn Ondru Kanden (1974) to Kathai Kathayam Karanamam (1987).
Poikkal Kudhirai (1983, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. Manmadha Leelai is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Manmadha Leelai; the 1980s to Poikkal Kudhirai. Y. Gee. Mahendra acted in every film; M. S. Viswanathan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 4 films together, anchored by Manmadha Leelai (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 10 films together, anchored by Poikkal Kudhirai (7.5/10).
- Manmadha Leelai
- Idhaya Malar
- Poikkal Kudhirai
- Tharaasu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
37% of Y. Gee. Mahendra's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan.
Penn Ondru Kanden was Y. Gee. Mahendra's acting debut.
After Kathai Kathayam Karanamam, Y. Gee. Mahendra went on to appear in 24 more films, including Yuddham Sei (2011) and Sringaram (2007).
Penn Ondru Kanden was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Kathai Kathayam Karanamam, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 22 more films, including Irumbu Pookkal (1991) and Kaathala Kaathala (1998).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Y. Gee. Mahendra & M. S. Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivaji Ganesan appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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