Santhanam & Karthi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-17 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Karthi appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2011 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Siruthai (2011 — 6.2/10). Films span Siruthai (2011) through All in All Azhagu Raja (2013).
The Santhanam & Karthi partnership
Between 2011 and 2013, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 2 years. From Siruthai (2011) to All in All Azhagu Raja (2013). It started with Siruthai (2011).
The shape of the work
Santhanam acted in every film; Karthi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Santhanam was the one who pushed Karthi to sign 'All in All Azhagu Raja'. Karthi was unsure about the script, but Santhanam convinced him it would be a fun ride.
- In 'Saguni', Santhanam wrote most of his own dialogues on set. Karthi would then riff off those lines, turning their scenes into a rapid-fire improv session that the director just let roll.
- During 'Alex Pandian', the two would sneak out between shots to eat biryani at a small shop near the set. Karthi always paid, but Santhanam would insist on buying the next round of tea.
- Karthi once said in an interview: 'Santhanam is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines because I'm laughing so hard. We had to do retakes constantly.'
- Their back-and-forth in 'All in All Azhagu Raja' directly inspired the comedy track in 'Vikram Vedha' — the director admitted he wanted that same loose, natural banter between the leads.
4 films across 1 decade
- Siruthai
- Saguni
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 2 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 49 films behind them; Karthi had 4. After All in All Azhagu Raja, Santhanam kept going for 48 more films; Karthi stepped back.
Before Siruthai, Santhanam had starred in 49 films, including Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
After All in All Azhagu Raja, Santhanam went on to appear in 48 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017).
Before Siruthai, Karthi had starred in 4 films, including Paruthiveeran (2007) and Aayirathil Oruvan (2010).
After All in All Azhagu Raja, Karthi went on to appear in 24 more films, including Kaithi (2019) and Madras (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Karthi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kota Srinivasa Rao is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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