Santhanam & Manivannan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Manivannan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2006 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Rendu (2006 — 6.8/10). Films span Unakkum Enakkum (2006) through Madha Gaja Raja (2025).
The Santhanam & Manivannan partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Madha Gaja Raja (2017). They didn't share a set between 2007 and 2017. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Unakkum Enakkum (2006) to Madha Gaja Raja (2025). Their most recent film, Madha Gaja Raja, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Rendu; the 2020s to Madha Gaja Raja. Santhanam acted in every film; Manivannan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.0/10.
- Rendu
- Mudhal Kanave
- Madha Gaja Raja0
- Madha Gaja Raja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
56% of Santhanam's screen credits are with Manivannan. When they first worked together, Santhanam had 4 films behind them; Manivannan had 162.
Before Unakkum Enakkum, Santhanam had starred in 4 films, including Oru Kalluriyin Kathai (2005) and Sachein (2005).
Before Unakkum Enakkum, Manivannan had starred in 162 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Meesai Madhavan (2004).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Manivannan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Santhanam & Manivannan's films together
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