M. S. Viswanathan & K. A. Thangavelu Movies Together List — 11 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and K. A. Thangavelu appeared together in 11 Tamil films between 1965 and 1980. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enga Veettu Pillai (1965 — 7.6/10). Films span Enga Veettu Pillai (1965) through Bhama Rukmani (1980).
The M. S. Viswanathan & K. A. Thangavelu partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. For 15 years, a M.–K. film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 7.6.
From Enga Veettu Pillai (1965) to Bhama Rukmani (1980). Avan Oru Sarithiram (1976, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Enga Veettu Pillai; the 1980s to Bhama Rukmani. M. S. Viswanathan scored every film; K. A. Thangavelu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
11 films across 3 decades
The 1960s brought 5 films together, anchored by Enga Veettu Pillai (7.6/10).
The 1970s brought 5 films together, anchored by Uzhaikkum Karangal (7.5/10).
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Enga Veettu Pillai
- Galatta Kalyanam
- Uzhaikkum Karangal
- Avan Oru Sarithiram
- Bhama Rukmani0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
11 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Bhama Rukmani, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 141 more films; K. A. Thangavelu stepped back.
Enga Veettu Pillai was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Bhama Rukmani, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 141 more films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and 47 Natkal (1981).
Before Enga Veettu Pillai, K. A. Thangavelu had starred in 26 films, including Pasamalar (1961) and Arivaali (1963).
After Bhama Rukmani, K. A. Thangavelu went on to appear in 4 more films, including Manaivi Ready (1987) and Kadal Meengal (1981).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nagesh is the through-line — cast on 6 of their 11 films. They worked with the same 8 people again and again — a small repertory company. Nagesh appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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