Santosh Sivan & Harris Jayaraj Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santosh Sivan and Harris Jayaraj appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2012 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thuppakki (2012 — 7.6/10). Films span Thuppakki (2012) through Spyder Tamil (2017).
The Santosh Sivan & Harris Jayaraj partnership
From Thuppakki (2012) to Spyder Tamil (2017). Thuppakki is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Thuppakki (2012).
The shape of the work
Never on the same side of the camera — Santosh Sivan cinematographer, Harris Jayaraj music composer, across all 3 films.
3 films across 1 decade
- Thuppakki
- Spyder
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
By the time of Thuppakki, both already had careers — Santosh Sivan with 24 films, Harris Jayaraj with 30.
Before Thuppakki, Santosh Sivan had starred in 24 films, including Indira (1995) and Tahaan (2008).
After Spyder Tamil, Santosh Sivan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Darbar (2020) and Mumbaikar (2023).
Before Thuppakki, Harris Jayaraj had starred in 30 films, including Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) and Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).
After Spyder Tamil, Harris Jayaraj went on to appear in 7 more films, including Brother (2024) and Kaapaan (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santosh Sivan & Harris Jayaraj's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mahesh Babu is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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