Manjula Vijayakumar & M. S. Viswanathan Movies Together List — 18 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manjula Vijayakumar and M. S. Viswanathan appeared together in 18 Tamil films between 1970 and 1978. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973 — 7.8/10). Films span En Magan (1970) through Shankar Salim Simon (1978).
The Manjula Vijayakumar & M. S. Viswanathan partnership
Between 1970 and 1978, they barely worked apart — 18 films in 8 years. 1975 was their peak — 7 films in twelve months. For 8 years, a Manjula–M. film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.8. From En Magan (1970) to Shankar Salim Simon (1978).
The shape of the work
Manjula Vijayakumar acted in every film; M. S. Viswanathan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
18 films across 1 decade
- Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
- Rickshawkaran
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
18 films across 8 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
49% of Manjula Vijayakumar's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan. After Shankar Salim Simon, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 184 more films; Manjula Vijayakumar stepped back.
En Magan was Manjula Vijayakumar's acting debut.
After Shankar Salim Simon, Manjula Vijayakumar went on to appear in 19 more films, including Cheran Pandiyan (1991) and Neeya (1979).
En Magan was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Shankar Salim Simon, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 184 more films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Ninaithale Inikkum (1979).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manjula Vijayakumar & M. S. Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivaji Ganesan appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 11 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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