Santosh Sivan & Arvind Swamy Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santosh Sivan and Arvind Swamy appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1991 and 1995. Their highest-rated collaboration was Indira (1995 — 7.5/10). Films span Thalapathi (1991) through Indira (1995).
The Santosh Sivan & Arvind Swamy partnership
From Thalapathi (1991) to Indira (1995). Indira is the one most viewers reach for. The played out closed with Indira in 1995.
It started with Thalapathi (1991).
The shape of the work
Santosh Sivan shot every film; Arvind Swamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Indira
- Roja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Thalapathi, Santosh Sivan had starred in 1 film, including Mashaal (1984).
After Indira, Santosh Sivan went on to appear in 29 more films, including Thuppakki (2012) and Thuppakki (2012).
Thalapathi was Arvind Swamy's acting debut.
After Indira, Arvind Swamy went on to appear in 23 more films, including Meiyazhagan (2024) and Thani Oruvan (2015).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santosh Sivan & Arvind Swamy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Janagaraj is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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