Co-Stars & Directors
S. V. Subbaiah
S. V. Subbaiah Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together
S. V. Subbaiah's collaborators
S. V. Subbaiah's most frequent music director is M. S. Viswanathan — 5 pairings. Kamal Haasan has stayed in S. V. Subbaiah's catalogue across 19 years — a partnership that crosses decades. 6 different collaborators have shared three or more films with S. V. Subbaiah — a deep bench of returning faces.
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
4 of the five strongest pairings are on-screen partners — the working circle gravitates toward on-screen partners more than co-stars.
Top pairings compared
Average ratings sit within 0.2 of each other across the top four — the differentiation is in span and recency, not quality.
| Metric | M. S. Viswanathan | Kamal Haasan | Thengai Srinivasan | Sivaji Ganesan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Avg rating | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| First | 1966 | 1960 | 1973 | 1961 |
| Latest | 1979 | 1979 | 1979 | 1977 |
| Best film | Sollathaan Ninaikkiren | Arangetram | Annakili | Kappalottiya Thamizhan |
Top Co-Actors of S. V. Subbaiah
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Directors Who Worked with S. V. Subbaiah
Music Directors Who Worked with S. V. Subbaiah
Music Composer
Multi-decade partnerships
Kamal Haasan is the only collaborator who has worked with S. V. Subbaiah in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Kamal Haasan, K. Balachander, and Jayachitra sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.