Santhanam & Lal Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Lal appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2008 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kaalai (2008 — 5.5/10). Films span Kaalai (2008) through Thoranai (2009).
The Santhanam & Lal partnership
2 films across 1 decade
- Kaalai
- Thoranai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Thoranai, Santhanam kept going for 95 more films; Lal stepped back. By the time of Kaalai, both already had careers — Santhanam with 20 films, Lal with 10.
Before Kaalai, Santhanam had starred in 20 films, including Polladhavan (2007) and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006).
After Thoranai, Santhanam went on to appear in 95 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Deiva Thirumagal (2011).
Before Kaalai, Lal had starred in 10 films, including Oram Po (2007) and Sandakozhi (2005).
After Thoranai, Lal went on to appear in 18 more films, including Taanakkaran (2022) and Karnan (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Lal 's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aarthi is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.





















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