K. R. Vijaya & Sankar Ganesh Movies Together List — 19 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
K. R. Vijaya and Sankar Ganesh appeared together in 19 Tamil films between 1969 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Annai Enn Deivam (1986 — 4.5/10). Films span Akka Thangai (1969) through Kaaval Nilayam (1991).
The K. R. Vijaya & Sankar Ganesh partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. They saved their best for last — Annai Enn Deivam (4.5/10) came 17 years in. After 8 years apart, they came back together for Ranga (1982).
1986 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. They didn't share a set between 1974 and 1982.
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Akka Thangai; the 1990s to Thangaikku Oru Thalattu. K. R. Vijaya acted in every film; Sankar Ganesh scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
19 films across 4 decades
The 1960s accounted for 1 film.
The 1970s accounted for 5 films.
The 1980s accounted for 11 films, averaging 2.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
19 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
56% of Sankar Ganesh's screen credits are with K. R. Vijaya. When they first worked together, K. R. Vijaya had 35 films behind them; Sankar Ganesh had 0.
Before Akka Thangai, K. R. Vijaya had starred in 35 films, including Server Sundaram (1964) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Kaaval Nilayam, K. R. Vijaya went on to appear in 22 more films, including Sri Rama Rajyam (2011) and Ellame En Rasathan (1995).
Akka Thangai was Sankar Ganesh's acting debut.
After Kaaval Nilayam, Sankar Ganesh went on to appear in 15 more films, including Moondrampadi (1992) and Naane Varuven (1992).
Collaboration Journey
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