Sankar Ganesh & Sarath Babu Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Sarath Babu appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1980 and 1993. Their highest-rated collaboration was Manakanakku (1986 — 3.4/10). Films span Kannil Theriyum Kadhaigal (1980) through Sivarathiri (1993).
The Sankar Ganesh & Sarath Babu partnership
1980 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. From Kannil Theriyum Kadhaigal (1980) to Sivarathiri (1993). For 13 years, a Sankar–Sarath film arrived almost every year.
The spanned closed with Sivarathiri in 1993. It started with Kannil Theriyum Kadhaigal (1980).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Manakanakku; the 1990s to Santhana Kaatru. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Sarath Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
10 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 8 films, averaging 3.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.4/10.
- Manakanakku
- Kannil Theriyum Kadhaigal0
- Santhana Kaatru
- Sivarathiri0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
71% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Sarath Babu. After Sivarathiri, Sarath Babu kept going for 50 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Before Kannil Theriyum Kadhaigal, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 3 films, including Adukku Malli (1979) and Inikkum Ilamai (1979).
After Sivarathiri, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 1 more film, including Theenda Theenda (2006).
Before Kannil Theriyum Kadhaigal, Sarath Babu had starred in 5 films, including Mullum Malarum (1978) and Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978).
After Sivarathiri, Sarath Babu went on to appear in 50 more films, including Shirdi Sai (2012) and Por Thozhil (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Sarath Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Sankar Ganesh & Sarath Babu's films together
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