Viji & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Viji and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1983 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vetri (1984 — 7.5/10). Films span Saatchi (1983) through Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga (1990).
The Viji & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Between 1983 and 1990, they barely worked apart — 10 films in 7 years. 1985 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Viji–Sankar film arrived almost every year.
From Saatchi (1983) to Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga (1990). The spanned closed with Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga in 1990.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Vetri; the 1990s to Aavathellam Pennale. Viji acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
10 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 8 films together, anchored by Vetri (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
- Vetri
- Saatchi0
- Aavathellam Pennale0
- Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
67% of Viji's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. When they first worked together, Viji had 1 films behind them; Sankar Ganesh had 77. After Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 31 more films; Viji stepped back.
Before Saatchi, Viji had starred in 1 film, including Kozhi Koovudhu (1982).
After Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga, Viji went on to appear in 4 more films, including Velli Thirai (2008) and Suriyan Chandiran (1993).
Before Saatchi, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 77 films, including Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
After Avanga Namma Ooru Ponnunga, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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