Sankar Ganesh & K. S. Gopalakrishnan Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and K. S. Gopalakrishnan appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1973 and 1986. Films span Nathiyil Muthu (1973) through Mahasakthi Mariamman (1986).
The Sankar Ganesh & K. S. Gopalakrishnan partnership
From Nathiyil Muthu (1973) to Mahasakthi Mariamman (1986). The unfolded closed with Mahasakthi Mariamman in 1986. It started with Nathiyil Muthu (1973).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Nathiyil Muthu; the 1980s to Neer Nilam Neruppu. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; K. S. Gopalakrishnan directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 5 films.
The 1980s accounted for 3 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 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
After Mahasakthi Mariamman, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 111 more films; K. S. Gopalakrishnan stepped back.
Nathiyil Muthu was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Mahasakthi Mariamman, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 111 more films, including Vilangu (1987) and Veera Pandiyan (1987).
Before Nathiyil Muthu, K. S. Gopalakrishnan had directed 21 films, including Karpagam (1963) and Kula Vilakku (1969).
After Mahasakthi Mariamman, K. S. Gopalakrishnan went on to direct 3 more films, including Parthaal Pasu (1988) and Athaimadi Methaiadi (1989).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & K. S. Gopalakrishnan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jaishankar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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