Kishore & Santhosh Narayanan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Kishore and Santhosh Narayanan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2016 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sarpatta Parambarai (2021 — 8.3/10). Films span Kabali (2016) through Sikandar (2025).
The Kishore & Santhosh Narayanan partnership
From Kabali (2016) to Sikandar (2025). Vada Chennai (2018, 8.0/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. Their most recent film, Sikandar, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
Sarpatta Parambarai is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Kabali (2016).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Vada Chennai ; the 2020s to Sarpatta Parambarai. Santhosh Narayanan music composer in some, original music composer in others. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Hindi.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 2 films together, anchored by Vada Chennai (8.0/10).
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by Sarpatta Parambarai (8.3/10).
- Vada Chennai
- Kabali
- Sarpatta Parambarai
- Sikandar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Kabali, Kishore had starred in 27 films, including Aadukalam (2011) and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009).
After Sikandar, Kishore went on to appear in 3 more films, including Mellisai (2026) and S. Saraswathi (2026).
Before Kabali, Santhosh Narayanan had starred in 9 films, including Madras (2014) and Attakathi (2012).
After Sikandar, Santhosh Narayanan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026) and Seyon (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Kishore & Santhosh Narayanan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
John Vijay is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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