Sankar Ganesh & Thengai Srinivasan Movies Together List — 19 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Thengai Srinivasan appeared together in 19 Tamil films between 1970 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pattikkaattu Raja (1975 — 6.5/10). Films span Penn Deivam (1970) through Dharmam (1986).
The Sankar Ganesh & Thengai Srinivasan partnership
For 16 years, a Sankar–Thengai film arrived almost every year. From Penn Deivam (1970) to Dharmam (1986). The unfolded closed with Dharmam in 1986.
It started with Penn Deivam (1970).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Pattikkaattu Raja; the 1980s to Maria, My Darling. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Thengai Srinivasan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
19 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 12 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 7 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
19 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
66% of Thengai Srinivasan's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Dharmam, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 111 more films; Thengai Srinivasan stepped back.
Penn Deivam was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Dharmam, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 111 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Veera Pandiyan (1987).
Before Penn Deivam, Thengai Srinivasan had starred in 7 films, including Ethir Neechal (1968) and Nam Naadu (1969).
After Dharmam, Thengai Srinivasan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Krishnan Vandhan (1987) and Rettai Vaal Kuruvi (1987).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 14 people again and again — a small repertory company. Sivakumar appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead.
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