Venniradai Moorthy & M. S. Viswanathan Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venniradai Moorthy and M. S. Viswanathan appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1971 and 1984. Their highest-rated collaboration was Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (1977 — 7.5/10). Films span Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa (1971) through Iru Medhaigal (1984).
The Venniradai Moorthy & M. S. Viswanathan partnership
From Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa (1971) to Iru Medhaigal (1984). Iru Medhaigal (1984, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram is the one most viewers reach for.
The unfolded closed with Iru Medhaigal in 1984. It started with Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa (1971).
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram; the 1980s to Iru Medhaigal. Venniradai Moorthy acted in every film; M. S. Viswanathan scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 2 decades
The 1970s brought 5 films together, anchored by Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram (7.5/10).
The 1980s brought 3 films together, anchored by Iru Medhaigal (7.5/10).
- Raghupathi Raghavan Rajaram
- Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa
- Iru Medhaigal
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Iru Medhaigal, Venniradai Moorthy kept going for 95 more films; M. S. Viswanathan stepped back.
Before Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 4 films, including Vennira Aadai (1965) and CID Shankar (1970).
After Iru Medhaigal, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 95 more films, including Nadigan (1990) and Muthal Vasantham (1986).
Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Iru Medhaigal, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 56 more films, including Bandham (1985) and Kanmaniye Pesu (1986).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venniradai Moorthy & M. S. Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manorama is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 8 films. Manorama appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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