Lakshmi & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Lakshmi and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1970 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maanavan (1970 — 6.5/10). Films span Maanavan (1970) through Nyayangal Jeyikkattum (1990).
The Lakshmi & Sankar Ganesh partnership
After 13 years apart, they came back together for Anandha Kanneer (1986). They didn't share a set between 1973 and 1986. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Maanavan (1970) to Nyayangal Jeyikkattum (1990). It started with Maanavan (1970).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Maanavan; the 1990s to Nyayangal Jeyikkattum. Lakshmi acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 6 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Maanavan
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- Anandha Kanneer0
- Nyayangal Jeyikkattum0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 20 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Maanavan, Lakshmi had starred in 6 films, including Kaval Daivam (1969) and Kanni Pen (1969).
After Nyayangal Jeyikkattum, Lakshmi went on to appear in 42 more films, including Midhunam (2012) and Kakkai Siraginilae (2000).
Maanavan was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Nyayangal Jeyikkattum, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Lakshmi & Sankar Ganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jaishankar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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