Santhanam & Dhilip Subbarayan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Dhilip Subbarayan appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2011 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Deiva Thirumagal (2011 — 7.5/10). Films span Udhayan (2011) through Vaalu (2015).
The Santhanam & Dhilip Subbarayan partnership
Between 2011 and 2015, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Santhanam–Dhilip film arrived almost every year. From Udhayan (2011) to Vaalu (2015).
Deiva Thirumagal is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Udhayan (2011).
The shape of the work
Santhanam acted in every film; Dhilip Subbarayan stunt choreographer all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 1 decade
- Deiva Thirumagal
- Vanakkam Chennai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Dhilip Subbarayan's screen credits are with Santhanam. When they first worked together, Santhanam had 49 films behind them; Dhilip Subbarayan had 1. After Vaalu, Santhanam kept going for 29 more films; Dhilip Subbarayan stepped back.
Before Udhayan, Santhanam had starred in 49 films, including Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
After Vaalu, Santhanam went on to appear in 29 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017).
Before Udhayan, Dhilip Subbarayan had starred in 1 film, including Thamizh Padam (2010).
After Vaalu, Dhilip Subbarayan went on to appear in 6 more films, including Theri (2016) and Dora (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Dhilip Subbarayan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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