Sankar Ganesh & Sivakumar Movies Together List — 21 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Sivakumar appeared together in 21 Tamil films between 1972 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pattikkaattu Raja (1975 — 6.5/10). Films span Idhaya Veenai (1972) through Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam (1992).
The Sankar Ganesh & Sivakumar partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1975 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 20 years, a Sankar–Sivakumar film arrived almost every year.
From Idhaya Veenai (1972) to Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam (1992). The spanned closed with Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam in 1992.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Pattikkaattu Raja; the 1990s to Nyayangal Jeyikkattum. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Sivakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
21 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 11 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s accounted for 8 films.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
21 films across 20 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
84% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Sivakumar. After Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam, Sivakumar kept going for 26 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Idhaya Veenai was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Konjum Kili (1993) and Sivarathiri (1993).
Before Idhaya Veenai, Sivakumar had starred in 13 films, including Annai Velankanni (1971) and Uyarndha Manidhan (1968).
After Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam, Sivakumar went on to appear in 26 more films, including Kathir (2022) and Raman Abdullah (1997).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Sivakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company. Thengai Srinivasan appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead.
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