Amirtham & Sivaji Ganesan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amirtham and Sivaji Ganesan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1970 and 1981. Films span Sorgam (1970) through Madi Veetu Ezhai (1981).
The Amirtham & Sivaji Ganesan partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Amara Kaaviyam (1981). They didn't share a set between 1970 and 1981. From Sorgam (1970) to Madi Veetu Ezhai (1981).
It started with Sorgam (1970). The played out closed with Madi Veetu Ezhai in 1981.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Sorgam; the 1980s to Amara Kaaviyam. Never on the same side of the camera — Amirtham director, Sivaji Ganesan actor, across all 3 films. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 2 films.
- Sorgam0
- Amara Kaaviyam0
- Madi Veetu Ezhai0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Amirtham's screen credits are with Sivaji Ganesan. When they first worked together, Amirtham had 0 films behind them; Sivaji Ganesan had 80. After Madi Veetu Ezhai, Sivaji Ganesan kept going for 66 more films; Amirtham stepped back.
Sorgam was Amirtham's directorial debut.
After Madi Veetu Ezhai, Amirtham went on to direct 5 more films, including Siraiyil Pootha Chinnamalar (1990) and Thooku Medai (1982).
Before Sorgam, Sivaji Ganesan had starred in 80 films, including Thiruvilaiyadal (1965) and Karnan (1964).
After Madi Veetu Ezhai, Sivaji Ganesan went on to appear in 66 more films, including Nenjangal (1982) and Theerpu (1982).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amirtham & Sivaji Ganesan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. S. Viswanathan is the through-line — music on 3 of their 3 films. M. S. Viswanathan scored 3 of them.
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