Rahman & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rahman and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1986 and 1992. Films span Nilave Malare (1986) through Naane Varuven (1992).
The Rahman & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Between 1986 and 1992, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 6 years. 1990 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 6 years, a Rahman–Sankar film arrived almost every year.
From Nilave Malare (1986) to Naane Varuven (1992). The spanned closed with Naane Varuven in 1992.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Nilave Malare; the 1990s to Pattikattan. Rahman acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films.
- Nilave Malare0
- Pattikattan0
- Pattanamdhan Pogalamadi0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Rahman had 0 films behind them; Sankar Ganesh had 162. After Naane Varuven, Rahman kept going for 37 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Nilave Malare was Rahman's acting debut.
After Naane Varuven, Rahman went on to appear in 37 more films, including Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016) and Seven (2019).
Before Nilave Malare, Sankar Ganesh had starred in 162 films, including Naam (1985) and Vetri (1984).
After Naane Varuven, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Konjum Kili (1993) and Sivarathiri (1993).
Collaboration Journey
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