Rajinikanth & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajinikanth and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1978 and 1987. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thaiveedu (1983 — 6.5/10). Films span Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) through Oorkavalan (1987).
The Rajinikanth & Sankar Ganesh partnership
From Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978) to Oorkavalan (1987). The spanned closed with Oorkavalan in 1987. It started with Thai Meethu Sathiyam (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Thai Meethu Sathiyam; the 1980s to Thaiveedu. Rajinikanth acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.5/10.
- Thai Meethu Sathiyam0
- Thaiveedu
- Oorkavalan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Oorkavalan, Sankar Ganesh kept going for 95 more films; Rajinikanth stepped back.
Before Thai Meethu Sathiyam, Rajinikanth had starred in 10 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
After Oorkavalan, Rajinikanth went on to appear in 56 more films, including Robot (2010) and Petta (2019).
Thai Meethu Sathiyam was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Oorkavalan, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 95 more films, including Idhaya Thamarai (1990) and Jagadala Prathapan (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajinikanth & Sankar Ganesh's professional partnership
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