Sankar Ganesh & M. A. Kaja Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and M. A. Kaja appeared together in 12 Tamil films between 1979 and 1986. Films span Inikkum Ilamai (1979) through Selvakku (1986).
The Sankar Ganesh & M. A. Kaja partnership
Between 1979 and 1986, they barely worked apart — 12 films in 7 years. 1980 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Sankar–M. film arrived almost every year.
From Inikkum Ilamai (1979) to Selvakku (1986). The played out closed with Selvakku in 1986.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Inikkum Ilamai; the 1980s to Kathal Kathal Kathal. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; M. A. Kaja directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
12 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
The 1980s accounted for 10 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of M. A. Kaja's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Selvakku, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 111 more films; M. A. Kaja stepped back.
Inikkum Ilamai was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Selvakku, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 111 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Veera Pandiyan (1987).
Inikkum Ilamai was M. A. Kaja's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & M. A. Kaja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayan is the through-line — cast on 6 of their 12 films. Vijayan appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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