Samuthirakani & Keerthi Suresh Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2020s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Rajini Murugan; the 2020s to Dasara. Samuthirakani acted in every film; Keerthi Suresh acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 2 films in Tamil.

Partnership facts

• Samuthirakani and Keerthi Suresh first shared screen in the 2016 Tamil film 'Rajini Murugan'. Keerthi was just two films old then. Samuthirakani played her on-screen father. That film became a sleeper hit and put both of them on the map in Tamil cinema.
• In 'Dasara' (2023), Samuthirakani played a ruthless villain opposite Keerthi Suresh's character. Their scenes together had zero dialogue in the first half. He used only his eyes and body language to intimidate her. She matched that silence with pure fear. That tension became the film's most talked-about stretch.
• On the sets of 'Sarkaru Vaari Paata' (2022), Samuthirakani would quietly slip Keerthi Suresh notes with acting tips written in Tamil. She later said she kept all of them in her vanity bag. He never told anyone about this until she mentioned it in an interview two years later.
• Keerthi Suresh said about Samuthirakani during 'Siren' promotions: 'He is the only co-star who calls me before every film I do, just to ask if I need help with my Tamil lines. He never does it for himself. He does it for the scene.'
• Because of their father-daughter pairing in 'Rajini Murugan', director Ponram cast them again as father-daughter in 'Siren' (2024). That film's emotional climax — where she confronts him as a cop — directly inspired a similar scene in the 2025 Tamil film 'Jailer 2'.
• In 'Sarkaru Vaari Paata' (2022), Samuthirakani played a strict father who disapproves of Keerthi's character. He improvised the scene where he slaps her. The slap was real. Keerthi didn't flinch. After the cut, he hugged her and apologized. She told him, 'Do it again if the scene needs it.' That take made the final cut.