Sankar Ganesh & Durai Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Durai appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1979 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Neeya (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Neeya (1979) through Veera Pandiyan (1987).
The Sankar Ganesh & Durai partnership
Between 1979 and 1987, they barely worked apart — 14 films in 8 years. 1980 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 8 years, a Sankar–Durai film arrived almost every year.
From Neeya (1979) to Veera Pandiyan (1987). Pasi (1979, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Neeya; the 1980s to Veera Pandiyan. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Durai directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Neeya (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 12 films, averaging 6.8/10.
- Neeya
- Pasi
- Veera Pandiyan
- Maria, My Darling0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
64% of Durai's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Veera Pandiyan, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 95 more films; Durai stepped back.
Neeya was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Veera Pandiyan, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 95 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Before Neeya, Durai had directed 8 films, including Aayiram Jenmangal (1978) and Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (1977).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Durai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Suruli rajan appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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