Santhanam & Riyaz Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Riyaz Khan appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2008 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vaitheeswaran (2008 — 6.8/10). Films span Vaitheeswaran (2008) through Maanja Velu (2010).
The Santhanam & Riyaz Khan partnership
From Vaitheeswaran (2008) to Maanja Velu (2010). It started with Vaitheeswaran (2008).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Vaitheeswaran; the 2010s to Maanja Velu. Santhanam acted in every film; Riyaz Khan 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 5.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Vaitheeswaran
- Malai Malai
- Maanja Velu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Maanja Velu, Santhanam kept going for 83 more films; Riyaz Khan stepped back. By the time of Vaitheeswaran, both already had careers — Santhanam with 20 films, Riyaz Khan with 19.
Before Vaitheeswaran, Santhanam had starred in 20 films, including Polladhavan (2007) and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006).
After Maanja Velu, Santhanam went on to appear in 83 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Deiva Thirumagal (2011).
Before Vaitheeswaran, Riyaz Khan had starred in 19 films, including Dongodu (2003) and Athma (1993).
After Maanja Velu, Riyaz Khan went on to appear in 16 more films, including 2.0 (2018) and WWW (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Riyaz Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Arun Vijay is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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