Santhanam & Vijayakumar Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Vijayakumar appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 2008 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vaitheeswaran (2008 — 6.8/10). Films span Vaitheeswaran (2008) through Lingaa (2014).
The Santhanam & Vijayakumar partnership
Between 2008 and 2014, they barely worked apart — 8 films in 6 years. For 6 years, a Santhanam–Vijayakumar film arrived almost every year. From Vaitheeswaran (2008) to Lingaa (2014).
It started with Vaitheeswaran (2008).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Vaitheeswaran; the 2010s to Kandaen. Santhanam acted in every film; Vijayakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
8 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2010s accounted for 5 films, averaging 5.7/10.
- Vaitheeswaran
- Kannum Kannum
- Kandaen
- Osthe
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Santhanam had 20 films behind them; Vijayakumar had 176. After Lingaa, Santhanam kept going for 39 more films; Vijayakumar stepped back.
Before Vaitheeswaran, Santhanam had starred in 20 films, including Polladhavan (2007) and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006).
After Lingaa, Santhanam went on to appear in 39 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017).
Before Vaitheeswaran, Vijayakumar had starred in 176 films, including Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) and Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993).
After Lingaa, Vijayakumar went on to appear in 13 more films, including Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020) and Kuttram 23 (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Vijayakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Riyaz Khan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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