Santhanam & Lakshmi Rai Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Lakshmi Rai appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2012 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thaandavam (2012 — 6.1/10). Films span Thaandavam (2012) through Aranmanai (2014).
The Santhanam & Lakshmi Rai partnership
From Thaandavam (2012) to Aranmanai (2014). It started with Thaandavam (2012).
The shape of the work
Santhanam acted in every film; Lakshmi Rai acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Thaandavam
- Aranmanai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 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 59 films behind them; Lakshmi Rai had 14. After Aranmanai, Santhanam kept going for 39 more films; Lakshmi Rai stepped back.
Before Thaandavam, Santhanam had starred in 59 films, including Deiva Thirumagal (2011) and Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008).
After Aranmanai, Santhanam went on to appear in 39 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017).
Before Thaandavam, Lakshmi Rai had starred in 14 films, including Mankatha (2011) and Kanchanamala Cable TV (2005).
After Aranmanai, Lakshmi Rai went on to appear in 13 more films, including Where Is The Venkatalakshmi (2019) and Khaidi No:150 (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Lakshmi Rai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aarthi is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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