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Sridhar

Co-Stars & Directors

Sridhar

9Co-Stars
4Music Directors
3Films with M. S. Viswanathan
veteranCareer Phase

Sridhar Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together

Sridhar's collaborators

Sridhar's most frequent music director is M. S. Viswanathan — 3 films together. K. V. Mahadevan has stayed in Sridhar's catalogue over more than two decades — a partnership that crosses decades. From 1960 (with K. A. Thangavelu) to 1991 (with K. R. Vijaya).

Kamal Haasan averages 7.5/10 across 2 films with Sridhar — the highest-rated active pairing. Of 13 collaborators, only 1 have appeared in three or more films — most pairings are one-offs.

As of July 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
Sridhar × Kamal Haasan
2 films·avg 7.5/10
Longest running
Sridhar × K. V. Mahadevan
31+ years·2 decades

Strongest pairings

K. R. Vijaya pulls ahead of every other pairing — outscoring the next-strongest pairing by 53%.

13Total Co-Stars & Directors
3Most films with M. S. Viswanathan
2Role categories

Top pairings compared

K. R. Vijaya leads on count, rating, and recency — the strongest pairing on every metric the table tracks.

MetricK. R. VijayaK. V. MahadevanManoramaIlayaraja
Films together2222
Avg rating7.56.04.5
First1967196019671987
Latest1991199119891989
Best filmIru MalargalIru MalargalManathil Uruthi Vendum

Multi-decade partnerships

6 pairings have endured across two-plus decades — an unusually deep bench of long-term partners.

Most acclaimed pairings

4 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Kamal Haasan, K. R. Vijaya, and Thengai Srinivasan sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.

Collaboration by Decade

1960s
8 films
7.5
K. R. Vijaya, V. S. Raghavan, Manorama
1970s
6 films
7.5
Kamal Haasan, Thengai Srinivasan, M. S. Viswanathan
1980s
11 films
4.5
V. S. Raghavan, Chithra, Manorama
1990s
2 films
K. R. Vijaya, K. V. Mahadevan

Creative Legacy

Sridhar is a significant figure in Tamil cinema, recognized primarily as a pioneering director and writer whose career spanned from the late 1950s through the 1990s. His most profound contribution was modernizing Tamil film narratives by shifting focus from mythological and social melodramas to sophisticated urban romantic dramas and family-centric stories. He is often credited with introducing a

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