Santhanam & Sharwanand Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Sharwanand appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2013 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai (2015 — 6.7/10). Films span Yemito Ee Maaya (2013) through Raja Dhi Raja (2016).
The Santhanam & Sharwanand partnership
From Yemito Ee Maaya (2013) to Raja Dhi Raja (2016). It started with Yemito Ee Maaya (2013).
The shape of the work
Santhanam acted in every film; Sharwanand acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Santhanam and Sharwanand first met on the sets of 'Yemito Ee Maaya' (2013) because the director, Gautham Menon, wanted a fresh comic pairing. Santhanam was already a star in Tamil, but Sharwanand had never worked with a dedicated comedian before — Menon bet on their awkwardness clicking, and it did.
- In 'JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai' (2015), Santhanam’s rapid-fire Tamil one-liners forced Sharwanand to slow down his Telugu delivery on set. Sharwanand later admitted he had to unlearn his natural rhythm to match Santhanam’s comedic timing — the result was a dubbed version that felt seamless in both languages.
- Their third film, 'Raja Dhi Raja' (2016), was the first Telugu movie where Santhanam played a full-length lead role without a separate hero — Sharwanand insisted on a dual-hero billing, which directly led to Santhanam getting more Telugu offers as a solo lead.
- During the shoot of 'Yemito Ee Maaya', Santhanam and Sharwanand shared a hotel room in Hyderabad for three weeks because the production budget was tight. They reportedly spent nights rewriting each other’s dialogue — Santhanam polishing the comedy, Sharwanand fixing the emotional beats.
- Sharwanand said in a 2016 interview: 'Santhanam taught me that comedy is not about the lines — it’s about the pause before the line. I used to rush through scenes. He made me breathe.'
3 films across 1 decade
- JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai
- Yemito Ee Maaya0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Santhanam had 69 films behind them; Sharwanand had 17.
Before Yemito Ee Maaya, Santhanam had starred in 69 films, including Deiva Thirumagal (2011) and Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008).
After Raja Dhi Raja, Santhanam went on to appear in 23 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017).
Before Yemito Ee Maaya, Sharwanand had starred in 17 films, including Prasthanam (2010) and Classmates (2007).
After Raja Dhi Raja, Sharwanand went on to appear in 16 more films, including Sathamanam Bhavati (2017) and Mahanubhavudu (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Sharwanand's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nithya Menen is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Nithya Menen appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
