Sankar Ganesh & Major Sundarrajan Movies Together List — 17 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Major Sundarrajan appeared together in 17 Tamil films between 1967 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maanavan (1970 — 6.5/10). Films span Thanga Thambi (1967) through Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu (1992).
The Sankar Ganesh & Major Sundarrajan partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. For 25 years, a Sankar–Major film arrived almost every year. From Thanga Thambi (1967) to Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu (1992).
The ran closed with Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu in 1992. It started with Thanga Thambi (1967).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Thanga Thambi; the 1990s to Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Major Sundarrajan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
17 films across 4 decades
The 1960s accounted for 3 films.
The 1970s accounted for 8 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 5 films.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
17 films across 25 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
81% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Major Sundarrajan.
Thanga Thambi was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Konjum Kili (1993) and Sivarathiri (1993).
Before Thanga Thambi, Major Sundarrajan had starred in 7 films, including Major Chandrakanth (1966) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu, Major Sundarrajan went on to appear in 11 more films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Iruvar (1997).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Major Sundarrajan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company. Nagesh appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead.
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