
Co-Stars & Directors
M. R. Radha
M. R. Radha Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together
M. R. Radha's collaborators
One pairing towers over the rest: K. V. Mahadevan, with 15+ films — far ahead of every other collaborator. M. R. Radha's most frequent music director is K. V. Mahadevan — 15 on-screen meetings.
K. S. Gopalakrishnan averages 7.6/10 across 3 films with M. R. Radha — the highest-rated active pairing. V. K. Ramasamy has stayed in M. R. Radha's catalogue for over a decade — a partnership that crosses decades.
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
3 of the five strongest pairings are on-screen partners — the working circle skews toward on-screen partners more than co-stars.
Top pairings compared
K. V. Mahadevan leads on film count, Gemini Ganesan on average rating, Manorama on recency — the four pull ahead on different metrics.
| Metric | K. V. Mahadevan | M. S. Viswanathan | Manorama | Gemini Ganesan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 15 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Avg rating | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| First | 1963 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 |
| Latest | 1976 | 1979 | 1980 | 1976 |
| Best film | Thozhilali | Pazhani | Thozhilali | Karpagam |
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Directors Who Worked with M. R. Radha
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Music Directors Who Worked with M. R. Radha

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Multi-decade partnerships
Manorama is the only collaborator who has worked with M. R. Radha in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Gemini Ganesan , and V. K. Ramasamy sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.