Sankar Ganesh & Manorama Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and Manorama appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 1972 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Pugundha Veedu (1972) through Pattanathil Petti (1990).
The Sankar Ganesh & Manorama partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1985 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 18 years, a Sankar–Manorama film arrived almost every year.
From Pugundha Veedu (1972) to Pattanathil Petti (1990). The spanned closed with Pattanathil Petti in 1990.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Pattikkaattu Raja; the 1990s to Vedikkai En Vadikkai. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; Manorama acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
14 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 5 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 1980s brought 7 films together, anchored by Nenjile Thunivirunthal (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
- Pattikkaattu Raja
- Pugundha Veedu0
- Nenjile Thunivirunthal
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 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
31% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Manorama. When they first worked together, Sankar Ganesh had 0 films behind them; Manorama had 46. After Pattanathil Petti, Manorama kept going for 90 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Pugundha Veedu was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Pattanathil Petti, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 31 more films, including Thai Poosam (1991) and Namma Ooru Mariyamma (1991).
Before Pugundha Veedu, Manorama had starred in 46 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Muhammad bin Tughluq (1971).
After Pattanathil Petti, Manorama went on to appear in 90 more films, including Indian (1996) and Pangali (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & Manorama's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Goundamani appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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