Santhana Bharathi & Ilavarasu Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhana Bharathi and Ilavarasu appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2011 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016 — 6.8/10). Films span Eththan (2011) through Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016).
The Santhana Bharathi & Ilavarasu partnership
Between 2011 and 2016, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. They saved their best for last — Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (6.8/10) came 5 years in. From Eththan (2011) to Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016).
It started with Eththan (2011).
The shape of the work
Santhana Bharathi acted in every film; Ilavarasu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 1 decade
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
- Jannal Oram
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings, Ilavarasu kept going for 47 more films; Santhana Bharathi stepped back. By the time of Eththan, both already had careers — Santhana Bharathi with 37 films, Ilavarasu with 43.
Before Eththan, Santhana Bharathi had starred in 37 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Unnaipol Oruvan (2009).
After Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings, Santhana Bharathi went on to appear in 13 more films, including Vikram (2022) and Thavam (2019).
Before Eththan, Ilavarasu had starred in 43 films, including Autograph (2004) and Meesai Madhavan (2004).
After Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings, Ilavarasu went on to appear in 47 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (2022) and Jai Bhim (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhana Bharathi & Ilavarasu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manisha Yadav is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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