Sathyaraj & Sathyasiva Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sathyaraj and Sathyasiva appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2017 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was 1945 (2022 — 7.1/10). Films span Madai Thiranthu (2017) through 1945 (2022).
The Sathyaraj & Sathyasiva partnership
Between 2017 and 2022, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. They saved their best for last — 1945 (7.1/10) came 5 years in. From Madai Thiranthu (2017) to 1945 (2022).
1945 is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Madai Thiranthu (2017).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Madai Thiranthu; the 2020s to 1945. Sathyaraj acted in every film; Sathyasiva directed all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 2 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- They made two films titled '1945' — one in 2017 and another in 2022 — making them the only actor-director pair in Telugu cinema to release two different films with the exact same title.
- The 2022 '1945' became a sleeper hit on OTT, with its climax scene — where Sathyaraj delivers a single-take monologue about post-war morality — being clipped and shared across Telugu WhatsApp groups for weeks.
- After 'Madai Thiranthu' (2017) flopped, Sathyasiva publicly said he'd never work with Sathyaraj again — but then they patched up and made '1945' (2022), which became the highest-rated Telugu film of Sathyasiva's career.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films.
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by 1945 (7.1/10).
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- 1945
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
57% of Sathyasiva's screen credits are with Sathyaraj. When they first worked together, Sathyaraj had 170 films behind them; Sathyasiva had 3. After 1945, Sathyaraj kept going for 25 more films; Sathyasiva stepped back.
Before Madai Thiranthu, Sathyaraj had starred in 170 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Enakkul Oruvan (1984).
After 1945, Sathyaraj went on to appear in 25 more films, including Madras Matinee (2025) and Weapon (2024).
Before Madai Thiranthu, Sathyasiva had directed 3 films, including Kazhugu (2012) and Sivappu (2015).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sathyaraj & Sathyasiva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nassar is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 4 films. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored 3 of them. Nassar appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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