Venniradai Moorthy & Shankar Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and Shankar appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1987 and 1994. Their highest-rated collaboration was Oorkavalan (1987 — 4.4/10). Films span Oorkavalan (1987) through Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994).
The Venniradai Moorthy & Shankar partnership
Between 1987 and 1994, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 7 years. For 7 years, a Venniradai–Shankar film arrived almost every year. From Oorkavalan (1987) to Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994).
The ran closed with Vaanga Partner Vaanga in 1994. It started with Oorkavalan (1987).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Oorkavalan; the 1990s to Thayamma. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; Shankar scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 1.0/10.
- Oorkavalan
- Manaivi Oru Mandhiri0
- Thayamma
- Vedikkai En Vadikkai0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Venniradai Moorthy kept going for 49 more films; Shankar stepped back. By the time of Oorkavalan, both already had careers — Venniradai Moorthy with 42 films, Shankar with 18.
Before Oorkavalan, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 42 films, including Azhiyadha Kolangal (1979) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 49 more films, including Sangamam (1999) and Vedham (2001).
Before Oorkavalan, Shankar had starred in 18 films, including Vetri (1984) and Nenjile Thunivirunthal (1981).
After Vaanga Partner Vaanga, Shankar went on to appear in 21 more films, including Robot (2010) and Indian (1996).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venniradai Moorthy & Shankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sankar Ganesh is the through-line — music on 4 of their 6 films. Sankar Ganesh scored 4 of them.
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