Vijayakanth & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 34 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijayakanth and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 34 Tamil films between 1979 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Inikkum Ilamai (1979) through Santhana Kaatru (1990).
The Vijayakanth & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1984 was their peak — 10 films in twelve months. For 11 years, a Vijayakanth–Sankar film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Sattam Oru Iruttarai (7.5) at one end, Santhana Kaatru (3.4) at the other. From Inikkum Ilamai (1979) to Santhana Kaatru (1990).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 94% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Inikkum Ilamai; the 1990s to Santhana Kaatru. Vijayakanth acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
34 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s brought 32 films together, anchored by Sattam Oru Iruttarai (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.4/10.
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- Sattam Oru Iruttarai
- Nenjile Thunivirunthal
- Santhana Kaatru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
34 films across 11 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
37% of Vijayakanth's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Santhana Kaatru, Vijayakanth kept going for 57 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Inikkum Ilamai was Vijayakanth's acting debut.
After Santhana Kaatru, Vijayakanth went on to appear in 57 more films, including Sakkarai Devan (1993) and Karuppu Nila (1995).
Inikkum Ilamai was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Santhana Kaatru, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijayakanth & Sankar Ganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 13 people again and again — a small repertory company. S. S. Chandran appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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