Sankar Ganesh & Rajesh Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Rajesh appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1979 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Manakanakku (1986 — 3.4/10). Films span Kanni Paruvathile (1979) through Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu (1990).
The Sankar Ganesh & Rajesh partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1985 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 11 years, a Sankar–Rajesh film arrived almost every year.
From Kanni Paruvathile (1979) to Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu (1990). The spanned closed with Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu in 1990.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Kanni Paruvathile; the 1990s to Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Rajesh acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 12 films, averaging 3.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Kanni Paruvathile0
- Manakanakku
- Thanimaram0
- Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
31% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Rajesh.
Kanni Paruvathile was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Kanni Paruvathile was Rajesh's acting debut.
After Nalla Kaalam Poranthachu, Rajesh went on to appear in 38 more films, including Autograph (2004) and Dharma Durai (2016).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Rajesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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