Sankar Ganesh & Poornam Viswanathan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Poornam Viswanathan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1972 and 1989. Films span Idhaya Veenai (1972) through Ellame En Thangachi (1989).
The Sankar Ganesh & Poornam Viswanathan partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Vidhi (1984). They didn't share a set between 1972 and 1984. From Idhaya Veenai (1972) to Ellame En Thangachi (1989).
It started with Idhaya Veenai (1972). The unfolded closed with Ellame En Thangachi in 1989.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Idhaya Veenai; the 1980s to Vidhi. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Poornam Viswanathan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 3 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Poornam Viswanathan's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Ellame En Thangachi, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 61 more films; Poornam Viswanathan stepped back.
Idhaya Veenai was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Ellame En Thangachi, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 61 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Before Idhaya Veenai, Poornam Viswanathan had starred in 1 film, including Rickshawkaran (1971).
After Ellame En Thangachi, Poornam Viswanathan went on to appear in 7 more films, including Thamizh (2002) and Aasai (1995).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mohan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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