Venniradai Moorthy & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-17 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 13 Tamil films between 1975 and 1992. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sivappu Malli (1981 — 6.8/10). Films span Thangathile Vairam (1975) through Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu (1992).
The Venniradai Moorthy & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 1990 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 17 years, a Venniradai–Sankar film arrived almost every year.
From Thangathile Vairam (1975) to Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu (1992). The ran closed with Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu in 1992.
The shape of the work
The 1970s belonged to Thangathile Vairam; the 1990s to Idhaya Thamarai. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
13 films across 3 decades
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
The 1980s accounted for 7 films, averaging 5.6/10.
The 1990s accounted for 5 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Thangathile Vairam0
- Sivappu Malli
- Oorkavalan
- Idhaya Thamarai
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
76% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with Venniradai Moorthy. After Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu, Venniradai Moorthy kept going for 57 more films; Sankar Ganesh stepped back.
Before Thangathile Vairam, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 8 films, including Vennira Aadai (1965) and Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa (1971).
After Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 57 more films, including Sangamam (1999) and Vedham (2001).
Thangathile Vairam was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Urimai Oonjaladugiradhu, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 4 more films, including Konjum Kili (1993) and Sivarathiri (1993).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venniradai Moorthy & Sankar Ganesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Vijayakanth appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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