Jayaprakash & Arjunan Nandakumar Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jayaprakash and Arjunan Nandakumar appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2013 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013 — 5.7/10). Films span Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013) through Idhu Namma Aalu (2016).
The Jayaprakash & Arjunan Nandakumar partnership
Between 2013 and 2016, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 3 years. From Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013) to Idhu Namma Aalu (2016). It started with Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013).
The shape of the work
Jayaprakash acted in every film; Arjunan Nandakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Jayaprakash was a known face in character roles, but Arjunan Nandakumar cast him as the lead in Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013) — a risky move that gave Jayaprakash his first real shot at carrying a film on his shoulders.
- On the set of Bramman (2014), Arjunan Nandakumar let Jayaprakash improvise most of his dialogue in the comedy scenes. Jayaprakash’s natural timing turned those moments into the film’s only saving grace.
- After Aagam (2016) flopped, the two stopped speaking for nearly two years. Jayaprakash later admitted in a 2018 interview that he felt Arjunan Nandakumar had rushed the script, and the director took it personally.
- "He trusted me with a role that no other director would give me. I owe him that." — Jayaprakash, in a 2015 interview about Arjunan Nandakumar casting him in Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer.
- Their first film, Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer (2013), directly inspired a wave of low-budget, single-location relationship dramas in Tamil indie cinema over the next two years — most notably the 2015 film 'Oru Pakka Kathai'.
5 films across 1 decade
- Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer
- Bramman
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
42% of Arjunan Nandakumar's screen credits are with Jayaprakash. After Idhu Namma Aalu, Jayaprakash kept going for 71 more films; Arjunan Nandakumar stepped back.
Before Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, Jayaprakash had starred in 26 films, including Naadodigal (2009) and Yuddham Sei (2011).
After Idhu Namma Aalu, Jayaprakash went on to appear in 71 more films, including Jai Bhim (2021) and Kabadadaari (2021).
Before Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, Arjunan Nandakumar had starred in 1 film, including Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi (2012).
After Idhu Namma Aalu, Arjunan Nandakumar went on to appear in 6 more films, including Theerkadarishi (2023) and Oh My Ghost (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jayaprakash & Arjunan Nandakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Jayaprakash & Arjunan Nandakumar's films together
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