S. A. Chandrasekhar & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
S. A. Chandrasekhar and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1981 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) through Needhikku Dhandanai (1987).
The S. A. Chandrasekhar & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Between 1981 and 1987, they barely worked apart — 14 films in 6 years. 1981 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 6 years, a S.–Sankar film arrived almost every year.
From Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981) to Needhikku Dhandanai (1987). Vetri (1984, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
S. A. Chandrasekhar directed every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 1 decade
- Sattam Oru Iruttarai
- Nenjile Thunivirunthal
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 6 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Needhikku Dhandanai, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 95 more films; S. A. Chandrasekhar stepped back.
Sattam Oru Iruttarai was S. A. Chandrasekhar's directorial debut.
After Needhikku Dhandanai, S. A. Chandrasekhar went on to direct 38 more films, including Jai Shiv Shankar (1990) and Tamil Kudimagan (2023).
Before Sattam Oru Iruttarai, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 28 films, including Chinna Chinna Veedu Katti (1980) and Ethir Veetu Jannal (1980).
After Needhikku Dhandanai, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 95 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of S. A. Chandrasekhar & Sankar Ganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakanth is the through-line — cast on 10 of their 14 films. Vijayakanth appears alongside them in 10 films — practically a third lead.
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