Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & Gemini Ganesan Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy and Gemini Ganesan appeared together in 13 Tamil films between 1961 and 1964. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pasamalar (1961 — 8.5/10). Films span Pasamalar (1961) through Veerakkanal (1964).
The Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & Gemini Ganesan partnership
Between 1961 and 1964, they barely worked apart — 13 films in 3 years. 1962 was their peak — 5 films in twelve months. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 8.5.
From Pasamalar (1961) to Veerakkanal (1964). Pava Mannippu (1961, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy scored every film; Gemini Ganesan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
13 films across 1 decade
- Pasamalar
- Bandha Pasam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 3 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy's screen credits are with Gemini Ganesan . After Veerakkanal, Gemini Ganesan kept going for 81 more films; Viswanathan Ramamoorthy stepped back.
Before Pasamalar, Viswanathan Ramamoorthy had starred in 5 films, including Aalukkoru Veedu (1960) and Kavalai Illaadha Manithan (1960).
After Veerakkanal, Viswanathan Ramamoorthy went on to appear in 8 more films, including Ayirathil Oruvan (1965) and Enga Veettu Pillai (1965).
Before Pasamalar, Gemini Ganesan had starred in 7 films, including Kalathur Kannamma (1960) and Ellorum Innaattu Mannar (1960).
After Veerakkanal, Gemini Ganesan went on to appear in 81 more films, including Saraswati Sabatham (1966) and Iru Kodugal (1969).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & Gemini Ganesan 's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Savitri is the through-line — cast on 7 of their 13 films. Savitri appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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