Santosh Sivan & S. J. Surya Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santosh Sivan and S. J. Surya appeared together in 2 Telugu films. Their highest-rated collaboration was Spyder (2017 — 5.0/10). Films span Spyder (2017) through Spyder Tamil (2017).
The Santosh Sivan & S. J. Surya partnership
From Spyder (2017) to Spyder Tamil (2017). It started with Spyder (2017).
The shape of the work
Santosh Sivan shot every film; S. J. Surya acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Spyder
- Spyder Tamil
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Spyder, both already had careers — Santosh Sivan with 30 films, S. J. Surya with 29.
Before Spyder, Santosh Sivan had starred in 30 films, including Thuppakki (2012) and Thuppakki (2012).
After Spyder Tamil, Santosh Sivan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Darbar (2020) and Mumbaikar (2023).
Before Spyder, S. J. Surya had starred in 29 films, including Iraivi (2016) and Iraivi (2016).
After Spyder Tamil, S. J. Surya went on to appear in 16 more films, including Jigarthanda Double X (2023) and Jigarthanda Double X (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santosh Sivan & S. J. Surya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mahesh Babu is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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