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Shankar Ganesh

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Nationality Inde

Shankar Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who have worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies for around 40 years.

They started as an assistant to Tamil music composers M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. Their first release was Magaraasi in 1964. Aattukara Alamelu was a turning point in their career.

Usually with

Aachi Manorama
Aachi Manorama
(22 films)
Visu
Visu
(9 films)
Thengai Srinivasan
Thengai Srinivasan
(21 films)
Jaishankar
Jaishankar
(17 films)
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shankar Ganesh (118 films)

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Actor

Poovellam Kettuppar
Poovellam Kettuppar (1999)
, 2h28
Directed by Vasanth
Genres Romance
Actors Suriya, Jyothika, Nassar, Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar, Ambika
Roles Himself (Special Appearance)
Rating64% 3.245583.245583.245583.245583.24558
Two music directors Bharathi (Vijayakumar) and Kannan (Nassar) used to be friends and composed music together. After Kannan has a fight with the director of their movie, Bharathi who feels embarrassed decided to split from Kannan and compose the music for the film by himself. He offers Kannan the chance to reconcile after this movie. Kannan rejects this and instead gives details about the fallout to the newspaper and Bharathi ends up losing the movie deal. A war begins and both music directors hate each other and can't even stand to hear the other's name. Bharathi is very successful while Kannan, who is basically unknown, drinks away his sorrows.
Pudhu Manithan
Pudhu Manithan (1991)
, 2h20
Directed by S. Manivannan
Actors Sathyaraj, Bhanupriya, R. Sarathkumar, Manorama, Goundamani, Ponnambalam
Rating26% 1.316851.316851.316851.316851.31685
Kabali (Sathyaraj), an orphan, lives in a slum with an old Brahmin woman named Pangajam (Manorama) and he considers her like his mother. Kabali is a fisherman and also the slum's rowdy but he has a heart of gold. He has gone in jail many times only because he fought against injustice.

Director

Jagathalaprathapan
Jagathalaprathapan (1989)
, 2h20
Directed by Shankar Ganesh
Actors Mohan, S. S. Chandran, Senthil, Charle, Kitty, R. Sarathkumar

The film begins with the robbery of a bank by a terrorist group. Each member of the terrorist group works in various sectors, but above this, they need money. Prathap (Mohan) and his friend Sri (Charle) are petty thieves. One day, Vidya (Divya) falls in love with Prathap. Vidya's brother Subash (Kitty) cherished her. When he knows about her love affair, he doesn't hesitate to kill her only because it's against the terrorist group's rules.

Sound

Vaanga Partner Vaanga
Vaanga Partner Vaanga (1994)
, 2h5
Directed by Rama Narayanan
Genres Comedy
Actors Visu, Radha Ravi, S. S. Chandran, Venniradai Moorthy, Vivek, Chinni Jayanth
Roles Original Music Composer

Ponnappan (Radha Ravi), Uzhagappan (S. S. Chandran) and Azhagappan (Venniradai Moorthy) are three naive villagers who come to Chennai for becoming wealthy. However, they are cheated by the townsfolk. They decide to join hands and they begin to look for an intelligent, bachelor and good partner. The first one who comes to their mind is the lord Ganapathi. They then sign a contract with the lord (statue) : in five years time, Ganapathi will have the quarter of their benefit. The Gurukkal is the witness of this deal. To help them, Ganapathi himself appears as a human (Visu) and he becomes their partner. Five years later, Ponnappan, Uzhagappan and Azhagappan become wealthy and arrogant men. One day, the Gurukkal asks them the quarter of their benefit as promised to build a temple but Ponnappan, Uzhagappan and Azhagappan refuse it categorically. Ganapathi is shocked for being betrayed and decides to teach them a lesson.
Ayul Kaithi
Ayul Kaithi (1991)
, 2h10
Actors Prabhu, Revathi, Livingston, Chinni Jayanth, Goundamani, Jai Ganesh

Chandrasekhar (Prabhu), a prisoner condemned to the life imprisonment, escapes from the jail to probably kill his ex-girlfriend Nithiya (Revathi). Sudharshan (Livingston), a police officer, tries to catch him.
Kaaval Nilayam
Kaaval Nilayam (1991)
, 2h5
Genres Action
Actors R. Sarathkumar, Anandaraj, M. N. Nambiar, Gautami, K. R. Vijaya, Jaishankar
Roles Music

Raja (Anandaraj), a rowdy, escapes from police officers and he is accommodated by a prostitute. Vijay (Sarath Kumar), an honest police officer, is transferred to a new area. Vijay lives happily with his wife Aarthi (Gouthami) and his daughter Sowmiya. Soon, Raja crosses Vijay's path.
Idhaya Thamarai
Idhaya Thamarai (1990)
, 2h30
Genres Romance
Actors Karthik, Revathi, Nizhalgal Ravi, Chinni Jayanth, Janagaraj, Disco Shanti
Roles Music

Vijay (Karthik) was an impulsive angry youth who fall in love with Manju (Revathi). After an incident, he went to jail and few years later, he meets Manju who is now married. She is married to her company owner Ranjith (Nizhalgal Ravi) in order to be saved from Vijay's enemies.
Thangaikku Oru Thalattu
Thangaikku Oru Thalattu (1990)
, 2h
Actors Arjun Sarja, Seetha, K. R. Vijaya, Delhi Ganesh, Senthil

Gopi (Arjun Sarja), a poor youth, lives with his mother (K. R. Vijaya) and his uncle Baba.
Vedikkai En Vadikkai
Vedikkai En Vadikkai (1990)

Directed by Visu
Genres Comedy
Actors S. V. Sekhar, Rekha, Aachi Manorama, Delhi Ganesh, Pallavi, Sreevidya
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating65% 3.293983.293983.293983.293983.29398
Sandhana Kaatru
Sandhana Kaatru (1990)
, 2h10
Directed by S. Manivannan
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Gautami, Sarath Babu, Kitty, R. Sarathkumar, Vinu Chakravarthy, Ganthimathi
Roles Music

The film begins with Azhagiri (Vijayakanth) in serious condition in hospital because he was shot by the police. In the past, Azhagiri was a military officer and got married with Raasathi (Gouthami). After spending few years in military camp, Azhagiri rejoined his wife and his daughter. They shifted to Ramu's house, Ramu (R. Sarathkumar) was his friend and his superior Chakravarthy's son. Few years ago, Ramu teased Raasathi and he was beaten for this act along with his friends Vishwanath (Vishwanath) and Vijay (Vijay Krishnaraj). They cannot forget the humiliation. They tried to rape Raasathi but she committed suicide before. Azhagiri first killed Vishwanath in a public place. Azhagiri was arrested and sentenced to the death penalty. The day before his penalty, he escaped from the jail but the police found him and shot him. Azhagiri is now cured and sees Vijay in the hospital's bed. As last wish, Azhagiri begged the police to stay in the hospital for few more days. Azhagiri also killed Vijay smoothly without anyone suspect him. Azhagiri manages to escape from the hospital with the nurse's help. Azhagiri is now determinated to kill Ramu before the police catches him.