M. S. Viswanathan & Vijaya Nirmala Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and Vijaya Nirmala appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1965 and 1972. Films span Enga Veettu Penn (1965) through Vazhaiyadi Vazhai (1972).
The M. S. Viswanathan & Vijaya Nirmala partnership
From Enga Veettu Penn (1965) to Vazhaiyadi Vazhai (1972). The played out closed with Vazhaiyadi Vazhai in 1972. It started with Enga Veettu Penn (1965).
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Enga Veettu Penn; the 1970s to Edhir Kaalam. M. S. Viswanathan scored every film; Vijaya Nirmala acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1960s accounted for 1 film.
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
- Enga Veettu Penn0
- Edhir Kaalam0
- Vazhaiyadi Vazhai0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Vijaya Nirmala's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan. After Vazhaiyadi Vazhai, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 300 more films; Vijaya Nirmala stepped back.
Enga Veettu Penn was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Vazhaiyadi Vazhai, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 300 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974).
Enga Veettu Penn was Vijaya Nirmala's acting debut.
After Vazhaiyadi Vazhai, Vijaya Nirmala went on to appear in 5 more films, including Sri Sri (2016) and Pudhiya Manidhan (1974).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. S. Viswanathan & Vijaya Nirmala's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jaishankar is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Jaishankar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
