Vijayakanth & Ganthimathi Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakanth and Ganthimathi appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1979 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Captain Prabhakaran (1991 — 4.9/10). Films span Agal Vilakku (1979) through Captain Prabhakaran (1991).
The Vijayakanth & Ganthimathi partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Santhana Kaatru (1990). They didn't share a set between 1979 and 1990. From Agal Vilakku (1979) to Captain Prabhakaran (1991).
It started with Agal Vilakku (1979). The played out closed with Captain Prabhakaran in 1991.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Agal Vilakku; the 1990s to Captain Prabhakaran. Vijayakanth acted in every film; Ganthimathi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.2/10.
- Agal Vilakku0
- Captain Prabhakaran
- Santhana Kaatru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Captain Prabhakaran, Vijayakanth kept going for 54 more films; Ganthimathi stepped back.
Agal Vilakku was Vijayakanth's acting debut.
After Captain Prabhakaran, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 54 more films, including Sakkarai Devan (1993) and Karuppu Nila (1995).
Before Agal Vilakku, Ganthimathi had starred in 10 films, including Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (1977) and Naan Avanillai (1974).
After Captain Prabhakaran, Ganthimathi went on to appear in 14 more films, including Virumaandi (2004) and Nila (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijayakanth & Ganthimathi's professional partnership
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Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 2 of their 3 films.
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