Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & M. R. Radha Movies Together List — 20 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy and M. R. Radha appeared together in 20 Tamil films between 1960 and 1965. Their highest-rated collaboration was Palum Pazhamum (1961 — 7.8/10). Films span Rathinapuri Ilavarasi (1960) through Ananthi (1965).
The Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & M. R. Radha partnership
Between 1960 and 1965, they barely worked apart — 20 films in 5 years. 1963 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 5 years, a Viswanathan–M. film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 7.8. From Rathinapuri Ilavarasi (1960) to Ananthi (1965).
The shape of the work
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy scored every film; M. R. Radha acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
20 films across 1 decade
- Palum Pazhamum
- Karpagam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
20 films across 5 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
91% of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy's screen credits are with M. R. Radha. After Ananthi, M. R. Radha kept going for 20 more films; Viswanathan Ramamoorthy stepped back.
Rathinapuri Ilavarasi was Viswanathan Ramamoorthy's acting debut.
After Ananthi, Viswanathan Ramamoorthy went on to appear in 2 more films, including Thalavanin Arulullam (1994) and Engirundho Vandhaan (1995).
Rathinapuri Ilavarasi was M. R. Radha's acting debut.
After Ananthi, M. R. Radha went on to appear in 20 more films, including Chandhrodhayam (1966) and Avan Pitthana (1966).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & M. R. Radha's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sivaji Ganesan appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 13 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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