Santhanam & Sampath Raj Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Sampath Raj appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2009 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kandhakottai (2009 — 5.8/10). Films span Kandhakottai (2009) through Sakka Podu Podu Raja (2017).
The Santhanam & Sampath Raj partnership
From Kandhakottai (2009) to Sakka Podu Podu Raja (2017). It started with Kandhakottai (2009).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Kandhakottai; the 2010s to Yuvan Yuvathi. Santhanam acted in every film; Sampath Raj acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Kandhakottai
- Yuvan Yuvathi
- Sakka Podu Podu Raja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Kandhakottai, both already had careers — Santhanam with 30 films, Sampath Raj with 13.
Before Kandhakottai, Santhanam had starred in 30 films, including Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
After Sakka Podu Podu Raja, Santhanam went on to appear in 15 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kick (2023).
Before Kandhakottai, Sampath Raj had starred in 13 films, including Chennai 600028 (2007) and Magudam (1992).
After Sakka Podu Podu Raja, Sampath Raj went on to appear in 26 more films, including Drushyam 2 (2021) and Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022).
Collaboration Journey
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