Gemini Ganesan & Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gemini Ganesan and Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1962 and 1963. Films span Manithan Maravillai (1962) through Lava Kusa (1963).
The Gemini Ganesan & Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao partnership
From Manithan Maravillai (1962) to Lava Kusa (1963). The ran closed with Lava Kusa in 1963. It started with Manithan Maravillai (1962).
The shape of the work
Gemini Ganesan acted in every film; Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao scored all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Manithan Maravillai0
- Lava Kusa0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Lava Kusa, Gemini Ganesan kept going for 85 more films; Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao stepped back.
Before Manithan Maravillai, Gemini Ganesan had starred in 14 films, including Pasamalar (1961) and Kalathur Kannamma (1960).
After Lava Kusa, Gemini Ganesan went on to appear in 85 more films, including Saraswati Sabatham (1966) and Iru Kodugal (1969).
Manithan Maravillai was Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao's acting debut.
After Lava Kusa, Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao went on to appear in 1 more film, including Pandava Vanavasam (1965).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gemini Ganesan & Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Akkineni Nageswara Rao is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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