Santosh Sivan & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santosh Sivan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1997 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Raavanan (2010 — 6.8/10). Films span Iruvar (1997) through Raavan (2010).
The Santosh Sivan & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan partnership
After 13 years apart, they came back together for Raavanan (2010). They didn't share a set between 1997 and 2010. From Iruvar (1997) to Raavan (2010).
It started with Iruvar (1997).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Iruvar; the 2010s to Raavanan. Santosh Sivan shot every film; Aishwarya Rai Bachchan acted in all of them.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.6/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Iruvar
- Raavanan
- Raavan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's screen credits are with Santosh Sivan.
Before Iruvar, Santosh Sivan had starred in 8 films, including Indira (1995) and Mashaal (1984).
After Raavan, Santosh Sivan went on to appear in 11 more films, including Thuppakki (2012) and Thuppakki (2012).
Iruvar was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's acting debut.
After Raavan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan went on to appear in 5 more films, including Ponniyin Selvan 1 (2022) and Sarbjit (2016).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santosh Sivan & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
A. R. Rahman is the through-line — music on 3 of their 3 films. A. R. Rahman scored 3 of them.
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