Sankar Ganesh & Ilavarasi Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Ilavarasi appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1985 and 1989. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naam (1985 — 7.5/10). Films span Aval Sumangalithan (1985) through Rasathi Kalyanam (1989).
The Sankar Ganesh & Ilavarasi partnership
Between 1985 and 1989, they barely worked apart — 10 films in 4 years. 1985 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 4 years, a Sankar–Ilavarasi film arrived almost every year.
From Aval Sumangalithan (1985) to Rasathi Kalyanam (1989). The spanned closed with Rasathi Kalyanam in 1989.
The shape of the work
Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Ilavarasi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
10 films across 1 decade
- Naam
- Penmani Aval Kanmani
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 4 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Ilavarasi's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. When they first worked together, Sankar Ganesh had 116 films behind them; Ilavarasi had 7. After Rasathi Kalyanam, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 61 more films; Ilavarasi stepped back.
Before Aval Sumangalithan, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 116 films, including Vetri (1984) and Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981).
After Rasathi Kalyanam, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 61 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Before Aval Sumangalithan, Ilavarasi had starred in 7 films, including Sirai (1984) and 24 Mani Neram (1984).
After Rasathi Kalyanam, Ilavarasi went on to appear in 3 more films, including Mangala Nayanam (1992) and Mudhal Manaivi (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Ilavarasi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Goundamani is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 10 films. Goundamani appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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