Sankar Ganesh & V. K. Ramasamy Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sankar Ganesh and V. K. Ramasamy appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1973 and 1990. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naam (1985 — 7.5/10). Films span Amman Arul (1973) through Pattanathil Petti (1990).
The Sankar Ganesh & V. K. Ramasamy partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Amman Arul (1973) to Pattanathil Petti (1990). The spanned closed with Pattanathil Petti in 1990.
Naam is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Amman Arul (1973).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 70% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Amman Arul; the 1990s to Pattanathil Petti. Sankar Ganesh scored every film; V. K. Ramasamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
10 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
The 1980s brought 7 films together, anchored by Naam (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
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- Thangathile Vairam0
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Pattanathil Petti, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 31 more films; V. K. Ramasamy stepped back.
Amman Arul 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 Amman Arul, V. K. Ramasamy had starred in 26 films, including Pattanathil Bhootham (1967) and Mahakavi Kalidas (1966).
After Pattanathil Petti, V. K. Ramasamy went on to appear in 14 more films, including Vetri Karangal (1991) and Oor Panchayathu (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sankar Ganesh & V. K. Ramasamy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivaji Ganesan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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