Sathyasiva & Rana Daggubati Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sathyasiva and Rana Daggubati appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2017 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was 1945 (2022 — 7.1/10). Films span Madai Thiranthu (2017) through 1945 (2022).
The Sathyasiva & Rana Daggubati partnership
Between 2017 and 2022, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. They saved their best for last — 1945 (7.1/10) came 5 years in. From Madai Thiranthu (2017) to 1945 (2022).
1945 is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Madai Thiranthu (2017).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Madai Thiranthu; the 2020s to 1945. Sathyasiva directed every film; Rana Daggubati acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 2 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Sathyasiva was a debutant director when he cast Rana in 'Madai Thiranthu' (2017). Rana signed on after reading just a one-line narration — no bound script, no dialogue.
- On the set of '1945' (2017), Rana would finish his lines in one take, then Sathyasiva would quietly rewrite the next scene on the spot to match Rana's rhythm. Rana never complained — he said it made him trust the director more.
- The 2022 '1945' was the first Telugu film to get a simultaneous release in Tamil Nadu with a dubbed Tamil version — a direct result of Sathyasiva and Rana pushing for a pan-South release strategy after their earlier films did well in both states.
- Between shoots, Rana and Sathyasiva would disappear for hours to play chess. Rana once said the director's chess moves were 'more aggressive than his shot compositions.'
- Rana said about Sathyasiva: 'He doesn't tell you the emotion — he creates the situation and lets you find it. That's rare.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films.
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by 1945 (7.1/10).
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
57% of Sathyasiva's screen credits are with Rana Daggubati.
Before Madai Thiranthu, Sathyasiva had directed 3 films, including Kazhugu (2012) and Sivappu (2015).
Before Madai Thiranthu, Rana Daggubati had starred in 14 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Baby (2015).
After 1945, Rana Daggubati went on to appear in 10 more films, including Kalki 2898 AD (2024) and Pareshan (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sathyasiva & Rana Daggubati's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nassar is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 4 films. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored 3 of them. Nassar appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
