
Co-Stars & Directors
Gemini Ganesan
Gemini Ganesan Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together
Gemini Ganesan 's collaborators
One pairing towers over the rest: M. S. Viswanathan, with 17 films — far ahead of every other collaborator. Gemini Ganesan 's most frequent music director is M. S. Viswanathan — 17 shared credits.
From 1969 (with K. Balachander) to 1999 (with Sowcar Janaki).
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.
Strongest pairings
3 of the five strongest pairings are on-screen partners — the working circle tilts toward on-screen partners more than co-stars.
Top pairings compared
Nagesh has the most films; Sowcar Janaki has the most recent.
| Metric | Nagesh | Sowcar Janaki | Kamal Haasan | Ilayaraja |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Avg rating | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| First | 1969 | 1969 | 1971 | 1983 |
| Latest | 1996 | 1999 | 1996 | 1999 |
| Best film | Iru Kodugal | Iru Kodugal | Annai Velankanni | Thodarum |
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Directors Who Worked with Gemini Ganesan
Music Directors Who Worked with Gemini Ganesan
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Multi-decade partnerships
23 pairings have endured across two-plus decades — a rare cluster of long-running partnerships.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Jayalalitha, G. Devarajan, and Jayanti sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.

