Chinni Jayanth & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Chinni Jayanth and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1986 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Idhaya Thamarai (1990 — 5.0/10). Films span Mounam Kalaikirathu (1986) through Naane Varuven (1992).
The Chinni Jayanth & Sankar Ganesh partnership
From Mounam Kalaikirathu (1986) to Naane Varuven (1992). The played out closed with Naane Varuven in 1992. It started with Mounam Kalaikirathu (1986).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Mounam Kalaikirathu; the 1990s to Idhaya Thamarai. Chinni Jayanth acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Mounam Kalaikirathu0
- Idhaya Thamarai
- Naane Varuven0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Chinni Jayanth had 2 films behind them; Sankar Ganesh had 162. After Naane Varuven, Chinni Jayanth kept going for 59 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Before Mounam Kalaikirathu, Chinni Jayanth had starred in 2 films, including Kai Kodukkum Kai (1984) and Pillai Nila (1985).
After Naane Varuven, Chinni Jayanth went on to appear in 59 more films, including Boat (2024) and Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir (2023).
Before Mounam Kalaikirathu, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 162 films, including Naam (1985) and Vetri (1984).
After Naane Varuven, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Konjum Kili (1993) and Sivarathiri (1993).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Chinni Jayanth & Sankar Ganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
S. S. Chandran is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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