Raadhika Sarathkumar & Shankar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Raadhika Sarathkumar and Shankar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1982 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Oorkavalan (1987 — 4.4/10). Films span Ranga (1982) through Naane Varuven (1992).
The Raadhika Sarathkumar & Shankar partnership
From Ranga (1982) to Naane Varuven (1992). The played out closed with Naane Varuven in 1992. It started with Ranga (1982).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Oorkavalan; the 1990s to Naane Varuven. Raadhika Sarathkumar acted in every film; Shankar scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
- Oorkavalan
- Ranga0
- Naane Varuven0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Naane Varuven, Raadhika Sarathkumar kept going for 50 more films; Shankar stepped back. By the time of Ranga, both already had careers — Raadhika Sarathkumar with 14 films, Shankar with 11.
Before Ranga, Raadhika Sarathkumar had starred in 14 films, including Niram Maaratha Pookkal (1979) and Kizhake Pogum Rail (1978).
After Naane Varuven, Raadhika Sarathkumar went on to appear in 50 more films, including Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013).
Before Ranga, Shankar had starred in 11 films, including Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981) and Sattam Oru Iruttarai (1981).
After Naane Varuven, Shankar went on to appear in 24 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Raadhika Sarathkumar & Shankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 3 of their 3 films. Sankar Ganesh scored 3 of them.
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