Jayachitra & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jayachitra and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1974 and 1980. Films span Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974) through Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval (1980).
The Jayachitra & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Between 1974 and 1980, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 6 years. For 6 years, a Jayachitra–Sankar film arrived almost every year. From Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974) to Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval (1980).
The spanned closed with Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval in 1980. It started with Vellikizhamai Viradham (1974).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Vellikizhamai Viradham; the 1980s to Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval. Jayachitra acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 4 films.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Vellikizhamai Viradham0
- Thangathile Vairam0
- Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 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
After Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 272 more films; Jayachitra stepped back.
Before Vellikizhamai Viradham, Jayachitra had starred in 6 films, including Arangetram (1973) and Sollathaan Ninaikkiren (1973).
After Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval, Jayachitra went on to appear in 15 more films, including Mama Alludu (1990) and Rettaisuzhi (2010).
Vellikizhamai Viradham was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Ponnukku Yaar Kaaval, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 272 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Thengai Srinivasan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Thengai Srinivasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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