Sankar Ganesh & Charlie Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-16 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Charlie appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1986 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Idhaya Thamarai (1990 — 5.0/10). Films span Sigappu Malargal (1986) through Karpagam Vanthachu (1993).
The Sankar Ganesh & Charlie partnership
Between 1986 and 1993, they barely worked apart — 14 films in 7 years. 1990 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Sankar–Charlie film arrived almost every year.
From Sigappu Malargal (1986) to Karpagam Vanthachu (1993). The spanned closed with Karpagam Vanthachu in 1993.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 64% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Sigappu Malargal; the 1990s to Idhaya Thamarai. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Charlie acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 5 films.
The 1990s accounted for 9 films, averaging 4.2/10.
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- Idhaya Thamarai
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Sankar Ganesh had 162 films behind them; Charlie had 7. After Karpagam Vanthachu, Charlie kept going for 136 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Before Sigappu Malargal, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 162 films, including Naam (1985) and Vetri (1984).
After Karpagam Vanthachu, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 1 more film, including Theenda Theenda (2006).
Before Sigappu Malargal, Charlie had starred in 7 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Kalyana Agathigal (1985).
After Karpagam Vanthachu, Charlie went on to appear in 136 more films, including Papanasam (2015) and Maanagaram (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Charlie's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charle appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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