Sankar Ganesh & R. S. Manohar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and R. S. Manohar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1972 and 1992. Films span Idhaya Veenai (1972) through Naane Varuven (1992).
The Sankar Ganesh & R. S. Manohar partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Osai (1984). They didn't share a set between 1972 and 1984. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Idhaya Veenai (1972) to Naane Varuven (1992). It started with Idhaya Veenai (1972).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Idhaya Veenai; the 1990s to Naane Varuven. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; R. S. Manohar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Idhaya Veenai0
- Osai0
- Naane Varuven0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 20 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with R. S. Manohar. When they first worked together, Sankar Ganesh had 0 films behind them; R. S. Manohar had 35.
Idhaya Veenai was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Naane Varuven, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Konjum Kili (1993) and Sivarathiri (1993).
Before Idhaya Veenai, R. S. Manohar had starred in 35 films, including Pattanathil Bhootham (1967) and Mahakavi Kalidas (1966).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & R. S. Manohar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Poornam Viswanathan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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