Udhayanidhi Stalin & Nayantara Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Udhayanidhi Stalin and Nayantara appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2009 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal (2014 — 6.4/10). Films span Aadhavan (2009) through Mr.Local (2019).
The Udhayanidhi Stalin & Nayantara partnership
From Aadhavan (2009) to Mr.Local (2019). It started with Aadhavan (2009).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Aadhavan; the 2010s to Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal. Udhayanidhi Stalin acted in every film; Nayantara acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Udhayanidhi Stalin personally called Nayanthara to offer her the lead role in Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal (2014). She was hesitant about working with a debutant producer-turned-actor, but he convinced her over the phone by narrating the entire script himself.
- On the sets of Nanbenda (2015), Nayanthara would deliberately flub her lines in the first take to make Udhayanidhi laugh and loosen up. She told a magazine that he was too tense in early scenes, so she used goof-ups as a icebreaker.
- Their fourth film Mr.Local (2019) became a surprise hit, and it directly led to Udhayanidhi producing Nayanthara's solo heroine project Netrikann (2021) — the first time he backed a film without acting in it, just because she asked.
- During the shoot of Seenugadi Love Story (2015), Udhayanidhi's father M.K. Stalin (then a DMK leader) visited the set. Nayanthara reportedly served him coffee herself, and the two families have remained cordial ever since — rare in an industry where political and film circles often clash.
- Nayanthara once said in an interview: 'Udhay is the only co-star who sends me a birthday gift every single year, even when we aren't shooting. He remembers my coffee order from 2014.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.1/10.
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.8/10.
- Aadhavan
- Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal
- Nanbenda
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
45% of Udhayanidhi Stalin's screen credits are with Nayantara. After Mr.Local, Nayantara kept going for 21 more films; Udhayanidhi Stalin stepped back.
Before Aadhavan, Udhayanidhi Stalin had starred in 1 film, including Kuruvi (2008).
After Mr.Local, Udhayanidhi Stalin went on to appear in 5 more films, including Nenjuku Needhi (2022) and Maamannan (2023).
Before Aadhavan, Nayantara had starred in 30 films, including E (2006) and Ayya (2005).
After Mr.Local, Nayantara went on to appear in 21 more films, including Jawan (2023) and Jawan (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Udhayanidhi Stalin & Nayantara's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Santhanam is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Santhanam appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Harris Jayaraj scored 3 of them.
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