Sankar Ganesh & Sumithra Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Sumithra appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1974 and 1992. Films span Kanmani Raja (1974) through Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam (1992).
The Sankar Ganesh & Sumithra partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Kanmani Raja (1974) to Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam (1992). The played out closed with Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam in 1992.
It started with Kanmani Raja (1974).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Kanmani Raja; the 1990s to Nattai Thirudathey. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Sumithra acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 4 films.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 18 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
64% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Sumithra.
Kanmani Raja 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).
Kanmani Raja was Sumithra's acting debut.
After Sathiyam Adhu Nichayam, Sumithra went on to appear in 16 more films, including Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020) and Saamy (2003).
Collaboration Journey
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