Santhanam & Cool Suresh Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Cool Suresh appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2011 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was 80's Buildup (2023 — 7.1/10). Films span Singam Puli (2011) through Inga Naan Thaan Kingu (2024).
The Santhanam & Cool Suresh partnership
After 12 years apart, they came back together for 80's Buildup (2023). They didn't share a set between 2011 and 2023. From Singam Puli (2011) to Inga Naan Thaan Kingu (2024).
Their most recent film, Inga Naan Thaan Kingu, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. 80's Buildup is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Singam Puli; the 2020s to 80's Buildup. Santhanam acted in every film; Cool Suresh acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by 80's Buildup (7.1/10).
- Singam Puli
- 80's Buildup
- Inga Naan Thaan Kingu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
30% of Cool Suresh's screen credits are with Santhanam. When they first worked together, Santhanam had 49 films behind them; Cool Suresh had 1.
Before Singam Puli, Santhanam had starred in 49 films, including Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
After Inga Naan Thaan Kingu, Santhanam went on to appear in 2 more films, including Devil's Double Next Level (2025) and Madha Gaja Raja (2025).
Before Singam Puli, Cool Suresh had starred in 1 film, including Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007).
After Inga Naan Thaan Kingu, Cool Suresh went on to appear in 6 more films, including Rajini Gaang (2025) and Messenger (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Cool Suresh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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