Cho Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together
Cho's collaborators
One pairing towers over the rest: M. S. Viswanathan, with 15+ films — far ahead of every other collaborator. Cho's most frequent music director is M. S. Viswanathan — 15 on-screen meetings.
Thengai Srinivasan averages 8.3/10 across 2 films with Cho — the highest-rated active pairing. Cho and Ravichandran share 3 films across 21 years.
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.
Strongest pairings
None of the top-five pairings have produced a film in the last five years — the strongest collaborations sit in the past.
Top pairings compared
M. S. Viswanathan has the most films; Ilayaraja has the most recent.
| Metric | M. S. Viswanathan | Manorama | Ilayaraja | Jayalalitha |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 15 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Avg rating | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| First | 1968 | 1966 | 1978 | 1968 |
| Latest | 1977 | 1983 | 1988 | 1976 |
| Best film | Muhammad bin Tughluq | Muhammad bin Tughluq | Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai | Neerum Neruppum |
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Directors Who Worked with Cho
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Multi-decade partnerships
Ravichandran is the only collaborator who has worked with Cho in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Thengai Srinivasan, P. Neelakantan, and K. R. Vijaya sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.