M. S. Viswanathan & Madurai Thirumaran Movies Together List — 9 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and Madurai Thirumaran appeared together in 9 Tamil films between 1971 and 1982. Films span Sudhattam (1971) through Manamadurai Malli (1982).
The M. S. Viswanathan & Madurai Thirumaran partnership
From Sudhattam (1971) to Manamadurai Malli (1982). For 11 years, a M.–Madurai film arrived almost every year. The spanned closed with Manamadurai Malli in 1982.
It started with Sudhattam (1971).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 89% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Sudhattam; the 1980s to Manamadurai Malli. M. S. Viswanathan scored every film; Madurai Thirumaran directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
9 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 8 films.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
9 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Madurai Thirumaran's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan. After Manamadurai Malli, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 86 more films; Madurai Thirumaran stepped back.
Sudhattam was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Manamadurai Malli, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 86 more films, including Poikkal Kudhirai (1983) and Sandhippu (1983).
Sudhattam was Madurai Thirumaran's directorial debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. S. Viswanathan & Madurai Thirumaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
K. R. Vijaya is the through-line — cast on 8 of their 9 films. K. R. Vijaya appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead.
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