Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & Savitri Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy and Savitri appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 1961 and 1964. Their highest-rated collaboration was Pasamalar (1961 — 8.5/10). Films span Pasamalar (1961) through Kai Koduttha Dheivam (1964).
The Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & Savitri partnership
Between 1961 and 1964, they barely worked apart — 10 films in 3 years. 1962 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 8.5.
From Pasamalar (1961) to Kai Koduttha Dheivam (1964). Karpagam (1963, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy scored every film; Savitri acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
10 films across 1 decade
- Pasamalar
- Karnan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 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
43% of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy's screen credits are with Savitri.
Before Pasamalar, Viswanathan Ramamoorthy had starred in 5 films, including Aalukkoru Veedu (1960) and Kavalai Illaadha Manithan (1960).
After Kai Koduttha Dheivam, Viswanathan Ramamoorthy went on to appear in 8 more films, including Ayirathil Oruvan (1965) and Enga Veettu Pillai (1965).
Before Pasamalar, Savitri had starred in 3 films, including Kalathur Kannamma (1960) and Kuravanji (1960).
After Kai Koduttha Dheivam, Savitri went on to appear in 16 more films, including Thiruvilaiyadal (1965) and Saraswati Sabatham (1966).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Viswanathan Ramamoorthy & Savitri's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Gemini Ganesan is the through-line — cast on 7 of their 10 films. Gemini Ganesan appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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