Sankar Ganesh & Sangili Murugan Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Sangili Murugan appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1981 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Sivappu Malli (1981) through Oorkavalan (1987).
The Sankar Ganesh & Sangili Murugan partnership
Between 1981 and 1987, they barely worked apart — 7 films in 6 years. 1981 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 6 years, a Sankar–Sangili film arrived almost every year.
From Sivappu Malli (1981) to Oorkavalan (1987). Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Sangili Murugan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 1 decade
- Sattam Oru Iruttarai
- Nenjile Thunivirunthal
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Oorkavalan, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 95 more films; Sangili Murugan stepped back.
Before Sivappu Malli, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 28 films, including Chinna Chinna Veedu Katti (1980) and Ethir Veetu Jannal (1980).
After Oorkavalan, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 95 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Before Sivappu Malli, Sangili Murugan had starred in 1 film, including Suvarilladha Chiththirangal (1979).
After Oorkavalan, Sangili Murugan went on to appear in 21 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Jigarthanda (2014).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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