Santhanam & Shakeela Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Shakeela appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2007 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009 — 6.8/10). Films span Viyabari (2007) through Guru Sishyan (2010).
The Santhanam & Shakeela partnership
From Viyabari (2007) to Guru Sishyan (2010). It started with Viyabari (2007).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Siva Manasula Sakthi; the 2010s to Guru Sishyan. Santhanam acted in every film; Shakeela acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Siva Manasula Sakthi
- Viyabari
- Guru Sishyan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Guru Sishyan, Santhanam kept going for 83 more films; Shakeela stepped back.
Before Viyabari, Santhanam had starred in 10 films, including Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006) and Rendu (2006).
After Guru Sishyan, Santhanam went on to appear in 83 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Deiva Thirumagal (2011).
Before Viyabari, Shakeela had starred in 5 films, including Jayam (2003) and Dhool (2003).
After Guru Sishyan, Shakeela went on to appear in 8 more films, including Pottu (2019) and Engada Irunthinga Ivvalavu Naala (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Shakeela's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Namitha is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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