Suriya & Anushka Shetty Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Suriya and Anushka Shetty appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2010 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Singam II (2013 — 6.1/10). Films span Singam (2010) through Si3 (2017).
The Suriya & Anushka Shetty partnership
From Singam (2010) to Si3 (2017). It started with Singam (2010).
The shape of the work
Suriya acted in every film; Anushka Shetty acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Suriya was already a star when Singam was being cast. The director Hari wanted a fresh face for the female lead. He saw Anushka in a Telugu film and flew her to Chennai for a screen test. She signed the film without even reading the full script.
- In Singam II (2013), Anushka’s character Kavya is the one who keeps Suriya’s hot-headed cop grounded. She deliberately slowed down her dialogue delivery in their confrontation scenes to match his intensity. Suriya later said that her calmness made him act more aggressively — they played off each other’s opposite energies.
- The Singam franchise directly launched the trend of 'mass cop' films in Tamil cinema. Before Suriya and Anushka’s pairing, no Tamil cop film had a female lead with equal screen time and a strong arc. After Singam (2010), every major star wanted a similar 'strong heroine' in their action films.
- Anushka and Suriya never hung out off-set. They didn’t exchange numbers after the first film. On the sets of Si3 (2017), they barely spoke between shots. But the moment the camera rolled, they snapped into their characters. Suriya once joked, 'We are friends only inside the frame.'
- Anushka said in a 2017 interview: 'Suriya is the only co-star who never once asked me to change my dialogue or my expression. He just trusts the director and trusts me. That made me give my best in all three films.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Singam II
- Si3
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 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 Singam, both already had careers — Suriya with 23 films, Anushka Shetty with 16.
Before Singam, Suriya had starred in 23 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).
After Si3, Suriya went on to appear in 13 more films, including Jai Bhim (2021) and Sarfira (2024).
Before Singam, Anushka Shetty had starred in 16 films, including Arundhati (2009) and Rendu (2006).
After Si3, Anushka Shetty went on to appear in 7 more films, including Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023) and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Suriya & Anushka Shetty's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nassar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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