M. S. Viswanathan & Sivakumar Movies Together List — 27 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and Sivakumar appeared together in 27 Tamil films between 1966 and 1988. Their highest-rated collaboration was Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966 — 7.5/10). Films span Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966) through Poovum Puyalum (1988).
The M. S. Viswanathan & Sivakumar partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1973 was their peak — 5 films in twelve months. For 22 years, a M.–Sivakumar film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.5. From Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966) to Poovum Puyalum (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Motor Sundaram Pillai; the 1980s to Agni Sakshi. M. S. Viswanathan scored every film; Sivakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
27 films across 3 decades
The 1960s brought 5 films together, anchored by Motor Sundaram Pillai (7.5/10).
The 1970s brought 14 films together, anchored by Sollathaan Ninaikkiren (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 8 films together, anchored by Agni Sakshi (7.5/10).
- Motor Sundaram Pillai
- Kaavalkaaran
- Sollathaan Ninaikkiren
- Madhana Maaligai
- Agni Sakshi
- Kanmaniye Pesu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
27 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
60% of M. S. Viswanathan's screen credits are with Sivakumar. After Poovum Puyalum, Sivakumar kept going for 38 more films; M. S. Viswanathan stepped back.
Motor Sundaram Pillai was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Poovum Puyalum, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 18 more films, including Irumbu Pookkal (1991) and Kaathala Kaathala (1998).
Motor Sundaram Pillai was Sivakumar's acting debut.
After Poovum Puyalum, Sivakumar went on to appear in 38 more films, including Pasa Mazhai (1989) and Kathir (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. S. Viswanathan & Sivakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 14 people again and again — a small repertory company. Manorama appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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