Sankar Ganesh & Kalaignanam Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Kalaignanam appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1975 and 1981. Films span Thangathile Vairam (1975) through Nellikani (1981).
The Sankar Ganesh & Kalaignanam partnership
From Thangathile Vairam (1975) to Nellikani (1981). The played out closed with Nellikani in 1981. It started with Thangathile Vairam (1975).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Thangathile Vairam; the 1980s to Ethir Veetu Jannal. Never on the same side of the camera — Sankar Ganesh music composer, Kalaignanam director, across all 3 films. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 2 films.
- Thangathile Vairam0
- Ethir Veetu Jannal0
- Nellikani0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Nellikani, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 249 more films; Kalaignanam stepped back.
Thangathile Vairam was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Nellikani, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 249 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Vetri (1984).
Thangathile Vairam was Kalaignanam's directorial debut.
After Nellikani, Kalaignanam went on to direct 1 more film, including Neethikku Oru Penn (1984).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Kalaignanam's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivakumar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
