Saritha & M. S. Viswanathan Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Saritha and M. S. Viswanathan appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1979 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thanneer Thanneer (1981 — 8.4/10). Films span Nool Veli (1979) through Kuzhandhai Esu (1984).
The Saritha & M. S. Viswanathan partnership
Between 1979 and 1984, they barely worked apart — 14 films in 5 years. 1981 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 5 years, a Saritha–M. film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.8 and 8.4. From Nool Veli (1979) to Kuzhandhai Esu (1984).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 93% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Nool Veli; the 1980s to Thanneer Thanneer. Saritha acted in every film; M. S. Viswanathan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s brought 13 films together, anchored by Thanneer Thanneer (8.4/10).
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- Thanneer Thanneer
- Enga Ooru Kannagi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 5 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
34% of Saritha's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan. When they first worked together, Saritha had 2 films behind them; M. S. Viswanathan had 116. After Kuzhandhai Esu, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 56 more films; Saritha stepped back.
Before Nool Veli, Saritha had starred in 2 films, including Aval Appadithan (1978) and Thappu Thalangal (1978).
After Kuzhandhai Esu, Saritha went on to appear in 25 more films, including Vazhga! Valarga! (1987) and Kalyana Agathigal (1985).
Before Nool Veli, M. S. Viswanathan had starred in 116 films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974).
After Kuzhandhai Esu, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 56 more films, including Bandham (1985) and Kanmaniye Pesu (1986).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Saritha & M. S. Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sarath Babu appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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