Sayaji Shinde & Mayilsamy Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sayaji Shinde and Mayilsamy appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2003 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vaitheeswaran (2008 — 6.8/10). Films span Dhool (2003) through Sabhaapathy (2021).
The Sayaji Shinde & Mayilsamy partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for Sabhaapathy (2021). They didn't share a set between 2009 and 2021. From Dhool (2003) to Sabhaapathy (2021).
It started with Dhool (2003).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Vaitheeswaran; the 2020s to Sabhaapathy. Sayaji Shinde acted in every film; Mayilsamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.3/10.
- Vaitheeswaran
- Dhool
- Sabhaapathy
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 18 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Dhool, both already had careers — Sayaji Shinde with 13 films, Mayilsamy with 17.
Before Dhool, Sayaji Shinde had starred in 13 films, including Shool (1999) and Lal Salaam (2002).
After Sabhaapathy, Sayaji Shinde went on to appear in 18 more films, including Ajmer 92 (2023) and Kuberaa (2025).
Before Dhool, Mayilsamy had starred in 17 films, including Vedham (2001) and Mugam (1999).
After Sabhaapathy, Mayilsamy went on to appear in 10 more films, including Idiot (2022) and Nenjuku Needhi (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sayaji Shinde & Mayilsamy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Santhanam is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Santhanam appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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