Lakshmi & Delhi Ganesh Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Lakshmi and Delhi Ganesh appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1980 and 2012. Their highest-rated collaboration was Polladhavan (1980 — 7.5/10). Films span Polladhavan (1980) through Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam (2012).
The Lakshmi & Delhi Ganesh partnership
After 14 years apart, they came back together for Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam (2012). They didn't share a set between 1998 and 2012. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
The work is uneven: Polladhavan (7.5) at one end, Moovendhar (3.7) at the other. From Polladhavan (1980) to Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam (2012).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Polladhavan; the 2010s to Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam. Lakshmi acted in every film; Delhi Ganesh acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Sirai Paravai (1987), director R. C. Sakthi cast Delhi Ganesh as the villain opposite Lakshmi. Ganesh was so nervous acting with a star like Lakshmi that he flubbed his first dialogue. Lakshmi calmly told him, 'Just look at me and say it like we're talking at home.' That broke the ice.
- In Pattukottai Periyappa (1994), Lakshmi played a stern mother-in-law while Delhi Ganesh played her meek husband. The comedy came from Ganesh's nervous pauses — he'd wait for Lakshmi's glare, then deliver his line. Lakshmi later said she had to stop herself from laughing in every take because his timing was so precise.
- Delhi Ganesh and Lakshmi shared a running joke: every time they finished a film together, Ganesh would ask her, 'So, when are we doing the next one?' And Lakshmi would reply, 'When you stop calling me 'madam' and start calling me 'akka'.' He never did — he called her 'madam' even at the Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam (2012) premiere.
- Delhi Ganesh once told a Tamil magazine: 'Lakshmi madam is the only co-star who made me forget my lines. Not because I was scared — because I was watching her act and forgot I was in the scene.'
- Their pairing in Sirai Paravai (1987) was so convincing as a troubled couple that director Balu Mahendra reportedly watched the film and then cast Delhi Ganesh in his next project — directly because of the 'rawness' he saw in Ganesh's scenes with Lakshmi.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1980s brought 4 films together, anchored by Polladhavan (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 3.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
- Polladhavan
- Samsaram Adhu Minsaram
- Moovendhar
- Rudhra0
- Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 32 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Lakshmi had 55 films behind them; Delhi Ganesh had 4. After Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam, Delhi Ganesh kept going for 55 more films; Lakshmi stepped back.
Before Polladhavan, Lakshmi had starred in 55 films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Naan Avanillai (1974).
After Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam, Lakshmi went on to appear in 6 more films, including Kushi (2023) and Moone Moonu Varthai (2015).
Before Polladhavan, Delhi Ganesh had starred in 4 films, including Pasi (1979) and Pattina Pravesam (1977).
After Sri Ramakrishna Darsanam, Delhi Ganesh went on to appear in 55 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Lakshmi & Delhi Ganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Lakshmi & Delhi Ganesh's films together
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