Santosh Sivan & Mahesh Babu Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santosh Sivan and Mahesh Babu 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 & Mahesh Babu partnership
From Spyder (2017) to Spyder Tamil (2017). It started with Spyder (2017).
The shape of the work
Santosh Sivan shot every film; Mahesh Babu 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, Mahesh Babu with 24.
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, Mahesh Babu had starred in 24 films, including Khaleja (2010) and Athadu (2005).
After Spyder Tamil, Mahesh Babu went on to appear in 6 more films, including Bharath Ane Nenu (2018) and Maharshi (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santosh Sivan & Mahesh Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rakul Preet Singh is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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