Co-Stars & Directors
Poornam Viswanathan
Poornam Viswanathan Co-Stars, Directors & Movies Together
Poornam Viswanathan's collaborators
One pairing towers over the rest: Ilayaraja, with 18 on-screen meetings — far ahead of every other collaborator. Poornam Viswanathan's most frequent music director is Ilayaraja — 15+ films.
From 1971 (with Thengai Srinivasan) to 2002 (with Charlie).
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 preferred set of partners skews toward on-screen partners more than co-stars.
Top pairings compared
Ilayaraja leads on film count, Delhi Ganesh on average rating, Charlie on recency — the four pull ahead on different metrics.
| Metric | Ilayaraja | Charlie | Delhi Ganesh | Revathi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Avg rating | 5.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| First | 1979 | 1985 | 1982 | 1984 |
| Latest | 1994 | 2002 | 2002 | 2002 |
| Best film | Naan Vazhavaippen | Kalyana Agathigal | Moondru Mugam | Kai Kodukkum Kai |
Top Co-Actors of Poornam Viswanathan

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Directors Who Worked with Poornam Viswanathan
Music Directors Who Worked with Poornam Viswanathan
Multi-decade partnerships
40 pairings have endured across two-plus decades — a set of pairings most artists would call lifelong.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Manjula Vijayakumar, M. G. Ramachandran, and Jayasudha sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.



