Sankar Ganesh & Suruli rajan Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Suruli rajan appeared together in 12 Tamil films between 1972 and 1981. Films span Annai Abirami (1972) through Vaadagai Veedu (1981).
The Sankar Ganesh & Suruli rajan partnership
1980 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 9 years, a Sankar–Suruli film arrived almost every year. From Annai Abirami (1972) to Vaadagai Veedu (1981).
The played out closed with Vaadagai Veedu in 1981. It started with Annai Abirami (1972).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Annai Abirami; the 1980s to Kathal Kathal Kathal. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Suruli rajan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
12 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 4 films.
The 1980s accounted for 8 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 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
57% of Suruli rajan's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Vaadagai Veedu, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 249 more films; Suruli rajan stepped back.
Annai Abirami was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Vaadagai Veedu, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 249 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Vetri (1984).
Before Annai Abirami, Suruli rajan had starred in 5 films, including Kankatshi (1971) and Dharisanam (1970).
After Vaadagai Veedu, Suruli rajan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Hitler Umanath (1982) and Kashmir Kadhali (1983).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Suruli rajan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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