Sankar Ganesh & Vinu Chakravarthy Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Vinu Chakravarthy appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1980 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Needhiyin Nizhal (1985 — 3.5/10). Films span Vandichakkaram (1980) through Santhana Kaatru (1990).
The Sankar Ganesh & Vinu Chakravarthy partnership
From Vandichakkaram (1980) to Santhana Kaatru (1990). The ran closed with Santhana Kaatru in 1990. It started with Vandichakkaram (1980).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Needhiyin Nizhal; the 1990s to Santhana Kaatru. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Vinu Chakravarthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 5 films, averaging 3.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.4/10.
- Needhiyin Nizhal
- Vandichakkaram0
- Santhana Kaatru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Santhana Kaatru, Vinu Chakravarthy kept going for 63 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Before Vandichakkaram, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 3 films, including Adukku Malli (1979) and Inikkum Ilamai (1979).
After Santhana Kaatru, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Vandichakkaram was Vinu Chakravarthy's acting debut.
After Santhana Kaatru, Vinu Chakravarthy went on to appear in 63 more films, including Vetri Karangal (1991) and Poomani (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Vinu Chakravarthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Sankar Ganesh & Vinu Chakravarthy's films together
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