Sankar Ganesh & Oru Viral Krishna Rao Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Oru Viral Krishna Rao appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1965 and 1987. Films span Oruviral (1965) through Kavalan Avan Kovalan (1987).
The Sankar Ganesh & Oru Viral Krishna Rao partnership
After 15 years apart, they came back together for Kavalan Avan Kovalan (1987). They didn't share a set between 1972 and 1987. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Oruviral (1965) to Kavalan Avan Kovalan (1987). It started with Oruviral (1965).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Oruviral; the 1980s to Kavalan Avan Kovalan. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Oru Viral Krishna Rao acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1960s accounted for 1 film.
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Oruviral0
- Pugundha Veedu0
- Kavalan Avan Kovalan0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Kavalan Avan Kovalan, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 95 more films; Oru Viral Krishna Rao stepped back.
Oruviral was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Kavalan Avan Kovalan, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 95 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Oruviral was Oru Viral Krishna Rao's acting debut.
After Kavalan Avan Kovalan, Oru Viral Krishna Rao went on to appear in 10 more films, including Chakravarthy (1995) and Senathipathi (1996).
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