Sankar Ganesh & Vijayan Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Vijayan appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1979 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pasi (1979 — 7.5/10). Films span Pasi (1979) through Idhaya Thamarai (1990).
The Sankar Ganesh & Vijayan partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. After 8 years apart, they came back together for Nyaya Tharasu (1989). 1980 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months.
They didn't share a set between 1981 and 1989. For 11 years, a Sankar–Vijayan film arrived almost every year.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 79% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Pasi; the 1990s to Idhaya Thamarai. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Vijayan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 3 decades
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Pasi (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 11 films.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.0/10.
- Pasi
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- Idhaya Thamarai
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 Vijayan. After Idhaya Thamarai, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 31 more films; Vijayan stepped back.
Pasi was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Idhaya Thamarai, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Before Pasi, Vijayan had starred in 1 film, including Padhai Theriyudhu Par (1960).
After Idhaya Thamarai, Vijayan went on to appear in 9 more films, including Not Reachable (2022) and 7G Rainbow Colony (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Vijayan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Suruli rajan appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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