Sumithra & Jaiganesh Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sumithra and Jaiganesh appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 1978 and 1981. Films span Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa (1978) through Thiruppangal (1981).
The Sumithra & Jaiganesh partnership
From Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa (1978) to Thiruppangal (1981). The ran closed with Thiruppangal in 1981. It started with Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa (1978).
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa; the 1980s to Thiruppangal. Sumithra acted in every film; Jaiganesh acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 1 film.
- Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa0
- Thiruppangal0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa, Sumithra had starred in 5 films, including Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (1977) and Annan Oru Koyil (1977).
After Thiruppangal, Sumithra went on to appear in 24 more films, including Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020) and Saamy (2003).
Before Sonnadhu Nee Dhanaa, Jaiganesh had starred in 4 films, including Pattina Pravesam (1977) and Attukara Alamelu (1977).
After Thiruppangal, Jaiganesh went on to appear in 21 more films, including Nila (1994) and Seeman (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sumithra & Jaiganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 1 of their 2 films.
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