Jaishankar & T. R. Pappa Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jaishankar and T. R. Pappa appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1965 and 1972. Films span Iravum Pagalum (1965) through Avasara Kalyanam (1972).
The Jaishankar & T. R. Pappa partnership
From Iravum Pagalum (1965) to Avasara Kalyanam (1972). The unfolded closed with Avasara Kalyanam in 1972. It started with Iravum Pagalum (1965).
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Iravum Pagalum; the 1970s to Avasara Kalyanam. Jaishankar acted in every film; T. R. Pappa scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1960s accounted for 3 films.
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
- Iravum Pagalum0
- Vilakketriyaval0
- Avasara Kalyanam0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
31% of T. R. Pappa's screen credits are with Jaishankar. After Avasara Kalyanam, Jaishankar kept going for 153 more films; T. R. Pappa stepped back.
Iravum Pagalum was Jaishankar's acting debut.
After Avasara Kalyanam, Jaishankar went on to appear in 153 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
Before Iravum Pagalum, T. R. Pappa had starred in 8 films, including Arunagiri Nadhar (1964) and Kuravanji (1960).
After Avasara Kalyanam, T. R. Pappa went on to appear in 1 more film, including Maru Piravi (1973).
Collaboration Journey
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