Sankar Ganesh & S. Ve. Shekher Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and S. Ve. Shekher appeared together in 16 Tamil films between 1983 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naam (1985 — 7.5/10). Films span Seerum Singangal (1983) through Veetla Ezhi Velila Puli (1991).
The Sankar Ganesh & S. Ve. Shekher partnership
Between 1983 and 1991, they barely worked apart — 16 films in 8 years. 1989 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 8 years, a Sankar–S. film arrived almost every year.
From Seerum Singangal (1983) to Veetla Ezhi Velila Puli (1991). Naam is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 81% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Naam; the 1990s to Vedikkai En Vadikkai. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; S. Ve. Shekher acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
16 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 13 films together, anchored by Naam (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 3 films.
- Naam
- Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi
- Vedikkai En Vadikkai0
- Aavathellam Pennale0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
52% of S. Ve. Shekher's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. When they first worked together, Sankar Ganesh had 77 films behind them; S. Ve. Shekher had 5.
Before Seerum Singangal, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 77 films, including Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
After Veetla Ezhi Velila Puli, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 15 more films, including Moondrampadi (1992) and Naane Varuven (1992).
Before Seerum Singangal, S. Ve. Shekher had starred in 5 films, including Varumayin Niram Sigappu (1980) and Manal Kayiru (1982).
After Veetla Ezhi Velila Puli, S. Ve. Shekher went on to appear in 10 more films, including Manal Kayiru 2 (2016) and Rishi (2001).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & S. Ve. Shekher's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Visu appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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