Which actor has worked most with Y. Gee. Mahendra?

M. S. Viswanathan has worked with Y. Gee. Mahendra in 14 films (1974–1987). Their highest-rated film together is Manmadha Leelai.

How many actors has Y. Gee. Mahendra worked with?

Y. Gee. Mahendra has worked with 56 actors, 5 directors, and 3 music directors on GudVibe — 64 collaborators across the catalogue.

How many films have Y. Gee. Mahendra and M. S. Viswanathan appeared in?

14 films, between 1974 and 1987. These include Penn Ondru Kanden, Idhaya Malar, and Manmadha Leelai.

Which pairing ranks highest for Y. Gee. Mahendra?

By the composite ranking — film count, average rating, recency, and span — Delhi Ganesh comes out on top with 3 films averaging 5.2/10.

Who is Y. Gee. Mahendra's most frequent director?

S. P. Muthuraman has directed 4 films with Y. Gee. Mahendra, starting with Murattu Kaalai.

Has Y. Gee. Mahendra worked with the same actor across decades?

Yes — Radha Ravi has worked with Y. Gee. Mahendra across 3 decades, from 1976 to 2010. 25 other pairings also span multiple decades.

Which collaboration with Y. Gee. Mahendra is best-rated?

The Y. Gee. Mahendra–Lakshmy Ramakrishnan pairing — 2 films averaging 7.6/10, with Yuddham Sei (7.6) at the top.

Who is Y. Gee. Mahendra's most recent co-actor?

Sathyaraj — they shared the screen in Theerkadharishi (2023).

Which pairing is far ahead of the rest for Y. Gee. Mahendra?

Yes — M. S. Viswanathan, with 14 films, sits well ahead of every other collaborator.

How many actors have worked repeatedly with Y. Gee. Mahendra?

19 different collaborators have shared three or more films with Y. Gee. Mahendra — a deep returning roster.

Who is Y. Gee. Mahendra's earliest tracked partner?

Chitralaya Gopu — first paired in 1974 on Penn Ondru Kanden.

Y. Gee. Mahendra

Co-Stars & Directors

Y. Gee. Mahendra

56Co-Stars

5Directors

3Music Directors

14Films with M. S. Viswanathan

Y. Gee. Mahendra Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together

Y. Gee. Mahendra's collaborators

One pairing towers over the rest: M. S. Viswanathan, with 14 on-screen meetings — far ahead of every other collaborator. Y. Gee. Mahendra's most frequent music director is M. S. Viswanathan — 10+ films.

Lakshmy Ramakrishnan averages 7.6/10 across 2 films with Y. Gee. Mahendra — the highest-rated active pairing. Radha Ravi has stayed in Y. Gee. Mahendra's catalogue spanning 34 years — a partnership that crosses decades.

As of June 2026.

Collaborator network

Top 12 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.

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Most acclaimed pairing

Y. Gee. Mahendra × Lakshmy Ramakrishnan

2 films·avg 7.6/10

Longest running

Y. Gee. Mahendra × Radha Ravi

34+ years·3 decades

Strongest pairings

The top five pairings land within a tight spread — small data shifts could re-order this list.

64Total Co-Stars & Directors

14Most films with M. S. Viswanathan

3Role categories

Top pairings compared

Delhi Ganesh leads on film count, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan on average rating, Sathyaraj on recency — the four pull ahead on different metrics.

Metric	Delhi Ganesh	Sathyaraj	Lakshmy Ramakrishnan	Santhana Bharathi
Films together	3	2	2	2
Avg rating	5.2	6.0	7.6	5.7
First	2017	2013	2011	2019
Latest	2020	2023	2020	2020
Best film	Goko Mako	Theerkadharishi	Yuddham Sei	Goko Mako

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