Santhana Bharathi is an Indian film director and actor who has primarily worked in Tamil cinema.

[3] Bharathi's father M. R. Santhanam was an actor and producer, one of the earliest members of the Nadigar Sangam.

[4][5] Santhana Bharathi joined director C. V. Sridhar as an assistant.

Bharathi started his career with P. Vasu as a co-director and made films such as Panneer Pushpangal (1981), Madhu Malar (1981), Mella Pesungal (1983), Sahasame Jeevitham (1984) and Needhiyin Nizhal (1985).

That's the reason why some of our other movies failed to make a big impression in the box office, prompting us to take our own paths".