Tamannaah Bhatia & Santhanam Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Tamannaah Bhatia and Santhanam appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 2007 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viyabari (2007 — 6.5/10). Films span Viyabari (2007) through Anbanavan Asarathavan Adangathavan (2017).
The Tamannaah Bhatia & Santhanam partnership
From Viyabari (2007) to Anbanavan Asarathavan Adangathavan (2017). It started with Viyabari (2007).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Viyabari; the 2010s to Siruthai. Tamannaah Bhatia acted in every film; Santhanam acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Veeram (2014), Tamannaah and Santhanam shared a comedy track where Santhanam's character keeps mistaking her for a ghost — the scene where he screams and runs into a tree is still a meme template in Tamil WhatsApp groups.
- Their second film together, Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (2015), was the only Tamil film that year where a lead heroine (Tamannaah) and a comedian (Santhanam) had equal screen time in the second half — the director confirmed this in an interview.
- After Anbanavan Asarathavan Adangathavan (2017) tanked at the box office, both Tamannaah and Santhanam publicly said they'd never sign a film together again without reading the full script first — and they haven't worked together since.
- Santhanam once joked in a 2015 press meet: 'Tamannaah and I have the same problem — we both get paid to make the hero look good, but nobody claps for us.' Tamannaah laughed and replied, 'At least you get comedy scenes. I just get to nod and smile.'
- In Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (2015), their 'kiss panic' scene — where Santhanam accidentally kisses Tamannaah's hand and then faints — became a running gag that Tamil TV channels still use in comedy compilations.
- Their three-film run (2014–2017) is the only instance in Tamil cinema where a top heroine and a comedian co-starred in three consecutive films without the hero changing — all three had Ajith Kumar as the male lead.
7 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.4/10.
The 2010s accounted for 5 films, averaging 5.2/10.
- Viyabari
- Kanden Kadhalai
- Siruthai
- Veeram
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Anbanavan Asarathavan Adangathavan, Tamannaah Bhatia kept going for 31 more films; Santhanam stepped back.
Before Viyabari, Tamannaah Bhatia had starred in 3 films, including Kedi (2006) and Sri (2005).
After Anbanavan Asarathavan Adangathavan, Tamannaah Bhatia went on to appear in 31 more films, including Kanne Kalaimaane (2019) and Gurtunda Seetakalam (2022).
Before Viyabari, Santhanam had starred in 10 films, including Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006) and Rendu (2006).
After Anbanavan Asarathavan Adangathavan, Santhanam went on to appear in 15 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kick (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Tamannaah Bhatia & Santhanam's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Tamannaah Bhatia & Santhanam's films together
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