Jaishankar & Vedha Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jaishankar and Vedha appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1965 and 1970. Films span Vallavanukku Vallavan (1965) through CID Shankar (1970).
The Jaishankar & Vedha partnership
Between 1965 and 1970, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 5 years. 1966 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 5 years, a Jaishankar–Vedha film arrived almost every year.
From Vallavanukku Vallavan (1965) to CID Shankar (1970). The ran closed with CID Shankar in 1970.
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Vallavanukku Vallavan; the 1970s to CID Shankar. Jaishankar acted in every film; Vedha scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1960s accounted for 5 films.
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
46% of Vedha's screen credits are with Jaishankar. After CID Shankar, Jaishankar kept going for 178 more films; Vedha stepped back.
Vallavanukku Vallavan was Jaishankar's acting debut.
After CID Shankar, Jaishankar went on to appear in 178 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
Before Vallavanukku Vallavan, Vedha had starred in 6 films, including Chitrangi (1964) and Veeranganai (1964).
After CID Shankar, Vedha went on to appear in 1 more film, including Justice Viswanathan (1971).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jaishankar & Vedha's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
R. S. Manohar is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 6 films. R. S. Manohar appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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