Sankar Ganesh & B. V. Balaguru Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and B. V. Balaguru appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1979 and 1988. Films span Kanni Paruvathile (1979) through Poo Pootha Nandhavanam (1988).
The Sankar Ganesh & B. V. Balaguru partnership
From Kanni Paruvathile (1979) to Poo Pootha Nandhavanam (1988). The played out closed with Poo Pootha Nandhavanam in 1988. It started with Kanni Paruvathile (1979).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Kanni Paruvathile; the 1980s to Vedikkai Manidhargal. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; B. V. Balaguru directed all of them. 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.
- Kanni Paruvathile0
- Vedikkai Manidhargal0
- Poo Pootha Nandhavanam0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Poo Pootha Nandhavanam, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 77 more films; B. V. Balaguru stepped back.
Kanni Paruvathile was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Poo Pootha Nandhavanam, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 77 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Kanni Paruvathile was B. V. Balaguru's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
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