M. S. Viswanathan & Sathya Movies Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and Sathya Movies appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1969 and 1975. Their highest-rated collaboration was Rickshawkaran (1971 — 7.6/10). Films span Kanni Pen (1969) through Idhayakkani (1975).
The M. S. Viswanathan & Sathya Movies partnership
From Kanni Pen (1969) to Idhayakkani (1975). Rickshawkaran is the one most viewers reach for. The played out closed with Idhayakkani in 1975.
It started with Kanni Pen (1969).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Kanni Pen; the 1970s to Rickshawkaran. M. S. Viswanathan scored every film; Sathya Movies produced all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1960s accounted for 1 film.
The 1970s brought 2 films together, anchored by Rickshawkaran (7.6/10).
- Kanni Pen0
- Rickshawkaran
- Idhayakkani
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
After Idhayakkani, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 267 more films; Sathya Movies stepped back.
Kanni Pen was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Idhayakkani, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 267 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Thanneer Thanneer (1981).
Kanni Pen was Sathya Movies's acting debut.
After Idhayakkani, Sathya Movies went on to appear in 10 more films, including Moondru Mugam (1982) and Thanga Magan (1983).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. S. Viswanathan & Sathya Movies's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. G. Ramachandran is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
