Regina Cassandra & Sathyasiva Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Regina Cassandra 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 Regina Cassandra & 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. Regina Cassandra acted in every film; Sathyasiva directed all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 2 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the set of 'Madai Thiranthu' (2017) when Sathyasiva was still an assistant director. Regina was already a known face, and she pushed the director to give him a bigger role in the film.
- In '1945' (2017), Regina deliberately slowed down her dialogue delivery to match Sathyasiva's natural rhythm. She told the director that his pauses made the scenes feel more real, so she stopped rushing her lines.
- Their 2022 film '1945' was the first Telugu movie to get a simultaneous Tamil release with subtitles in both languages. The distributor said he greenlit it only because he trusted their pairing from the 2017 version.
- During the shoot of 'Madai Thiranthu', Regina and Sathyasiva shared a single makeup van for three weeks because the budget was too tight for two. They still joke about whose turn it was to hold the mirror.
- Regina said in a 2022 interview: 'Sathyasiva doesn't act — he just reacts. I had to unlearn my training to keep up with him. He made me a better listener on screen.'
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 Regina Cassandra.
Before Madai Thiranthu, Regina Cassandra had starred in 16 films, including Jo Achyutananda (2016) and Rajathandhiram (2015).
After 1945, Regina Cassandra went on to appear in 9 more films, including Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) and Conjuring Kannappan (2023).
Before Madai Thiranthu, Sathyasiva had directed 3 films, including Kazhugu (2012) and Sivappu (2015).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Regina Cassandra & 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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