Santhanam & P. G. Muthiah Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and P. G. Muthiah appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2009 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanden Kadhalai (2009 — 6.3/10). Films span Kanden Kadhalai (2009) through Settai (2013).
The Santhanam & P. G. Muthiah partnership
From Kanden Kadhalai (2009) to Settai (2013). It started with Kanden Kadhalai (2009).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Kanden Kadhalai; the 2010s to Saguni. Santhanam acted in every film; P. G. Muthiah directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Kanden Kadhalai
- Saguni
- Settai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 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 30 films behind them; P. G. Muthiah had 0. After Settai, Santhanam kept going for 48 more films; P. G. Muthiah stepped back.
Before Kanden Kadhalai, Santhanam had starred in 30 films, including Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008).
After Settai, Santhanam went on to appear in 48 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017).
Kanden Kadhalai was P. G. Muthiah's acting debut.
After Settai, P. G. Muthiah went on to appear in 15 more films, including Sattam En Kaiyil (2024) and Love (2023).



Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & P. G. Muthiah's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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