Sankar Ganesh & Sivachandran Movies Together List — 9 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Sivachandran appeared together in 9 Tamil films between 1980 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naam (1985 — 7.5/10). Films span Natchathiram (1980) through Nyayangal Jeyikkattum (1990).
The Sankar Ganesh & Sivachandran partnership
1985 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Natchathiram (1980) to Nyayangal Jeyikkattum (1990). For 10 years, a Sankar–Sivachandran film arrived almost every year.
The spanned closed with Nyayangal Jeyikkattum in 1990. Naam is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 89% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Naam; the 1990s to Nyayangal Jeyikkattum. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Sivachandran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
9 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 8 films together, anchored by Naam (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Naam
- Needhiyin Nizhal
- Nyayangal Jeyikkattum0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
9 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
64% of Sivachandran's screen credits are with Sankar Ganesh. After Nyayangal Jeyikkattum, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 31 more films; Sivachandran stepped back.
Before Natchathiram, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 3 films, including Adukku Malli (1979) and Inikkum Ilamai (1979).
After Nyayangal Jeyikkattum, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Before Natchathiram, Sivachandran had starred in 4 films, including Aval Appadithan (1978) and Pattina Pravesam (1977).
After Nyayangal Jeyikkattum, Sivachandran went on to appear in 1 more film, including Jodi Sendhachu (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Sivachandran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivakumar appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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