[3] Santhanam garnered acclaim for his work on Selvaraghavan's fantasy film Aayirathil Oruvan (2010), where he depicted various periods, including the Chola dynasty and contemporary times.
[4] Santhanam also worked on Vasanthabalan's period drama Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014), set in the 1930s.
[6] He later notably collaborated with AR Murugadoss on the Vijay-starrer Sarkar (2018) and the Rajinikanth-starrer Darbar (2020), as well as with Karthik Subbaraj on the gangster dramas Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and Mahaan (2022).
[7] Santhanam died on 24 October 2022 of a heart attack, in his early 50s.
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