Santhanam & Lollu Sabha Maaran Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Santhanam and Lollu Sabha Maaran appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 2021 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Inga Naan Thaan Kingu (2024 — 7.1/10). Films span Parris Jayaraj (2021) through Devil's Double Next Level (2025).
The Santhanam & Lollu Sabha Maaran partnership
Between 2021 and 2025, they barely worked apart — 7 films in 4 years. 2021 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 4 years, a Santhanam–Lollu film arrived almost every year.
They saved their best for last — Inga Naan Thaan Kingu (7.1/10) came 3 years in. From Parris Jayaraj (2021) to Devil's Double Next Level (2025).
The shape of the work
Santhanam acted in every film; Lollu Sabha Maaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Santhanam and Maaran first teamed up for Gulu Gulu (2022) because Santhanam specifically asked the director to cast Maaran as his sidekick. Maaran was still a TV comedian from Lollu Sabha — this was his big break into films.
- In DD Returns (2023), Maaran played the straight man to Santhanam's chaos. Santhanam would deliberately go off-script during takes, and Maaran had to react in real time — that tension became the film's comic engine.
- Their pairing in Gulu Gulu directly led to Maaran getting his own lead role in the 2024 comedy Lover — producers noticed how well he held his own against Santhanam's star power.
- On the sets of Inga Naan Thaan Kingu (2024), Santhanam and Maaran shared a single vanity van — not because of budget, but because Santhanam insisted they rehearse lines together between shots. They'd run scenes 10-15 times before the director called action.
- Maaran said in a 2023 interview: 'Santhanam sir doesn't just give you a scene — he gives you a platform. If you can make him laugh, the audience will love you.'
7 films across 1 decade
- Inga Naan Thaan Kingu
- DD Returns
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 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
64% of Lollu Sabha Maaran's screen credits are with Santhanam. When they first worked together, Santhanam had 121 films behind them; Lollu Sabha Maaran had 2.
Before Parris Jayaraj, Santhanam had starred in 121 films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Deiva Thirumagal (2011).
Before Parris Jayaraj, Lollu Sabha Maaran had starred in 2 films, including Pachchak Kuthira (2006) and Inimey Nangathan (2007).
After Devil's Double Next Level, Lollu Sabha Maaran went on to appear in 2 more films, including Lockdown (2026) and Lakshmikanthan Kolai Vazhakku (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Santhanam & Lollu Sabha Maaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajendran is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 7 films. Rajendran appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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