Emerging from a lineage of film professionals-his father M. R. Santhanam was an early Nadigar Sangam member and his brother R. S. Shivaji an actor-Santhana Bharathi entered the Tamil cinema world by assisting veteran director C. V. Sridhar. He later partnered with P. Vasu as co-director, contributing to titles such as Panneer Pushpangal (1981), Madhu Malar (1981), Mella Pesungal (1983), Sahasame J…
