M. S. Viswanathan & Saroja Devi Movies Together List — 17 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and Saroja Devi appeared together in 17 Tamil films between 1964 and 1974. Their highest-rated collaboration was Enga Veettu Pillai (1965 — 7.6/10). Films span Dheiva Thaai (1964) through Sorgathil Thirumanam (1974).
The M. S. Viswanathan & Saroja Devi partnership
1966 was their peak — 5 films in twelve months. For 10 years, a M.–Saroja film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.8 and 7.6.
From Dheiva Thaai (1964) to Sorgathil Thirumanam (1974). Kula Vilakku (1969, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 76% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Enga Veettu Pillai; the 1970s to Malathi. M. S. Viswanathan original music composer in some, music composer in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
17 films across 2 decades
The 1960s brought 13 films together, anchored by Enga Veettu Pillai (7.6/10).
The 1970s accounted for 4 films.
- Enga Veettu Pillai
- Anbe Vaa
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
17 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
35% of Saroja Devi's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan. After Sorgathil Thirumanam, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 292 more films; Saroja Devi stepped back.
Dheiva Thaai was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Sorgathil Thirumanam, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 292 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Thanneer Thanneer (1981).
Before Dheiva Thaai, Saroja Devi had starred in 27 films, including Palum Pazhamum (1961) and Aalayamani (1962).
After Sorgathil Thirumanam, Saroja Devi went on to appear in 4 more films, including Aadhavan (2009) and Once More (1997).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. S. Viswanathan & Saroja Devi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nagesh is the through-line — cast on 11 of their 17 films. They worked with the same 7 people again and again — a small repertory company. Nagesh appears alongside them in 11 films — practically a third lead.
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