Nayantara & Sriman Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nayantara and Sriman appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2008 and 2020. Their highest-rated collaboration was Darbar (2020 — 6.2/10). Films span Aegan (2008) through Darbar (2020).
The Nayantara & Sriman partnership
They saved their best for last — Darbar (6.2/10) came 12 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Aegan (2008) to Darbar (2020).
It started with Aegan (2008).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Aegan; the 2020s to Darbar. Nayantara acted in every film; Sriman acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nayantara and Sriman first shared screen in Aegan (2008) because director Raju Sundaram needed a reliable supporting actor who could match her comic timing. Sriman was brought in last minute after the original choice backed out.
- In Villu (2009), Sriman played Nayantara's on-screen brother. Their sibling banter was so natural that the director added extra scenes between them during the shoot — none of which were in the original script.
- During Massu Engira Masilamani (2015), Nayantara and Sriman developed a running joke on set: they'd compete to see who could make the other laugh first during serious scenes. The director had to separate them for one emotional sequence.
- Their pairing in Darbar (2020) — where Sriman played a cop and Nayantara a lawyer — directly inspired a minor trend in Tamil cinema: two films that year cast actors from their earlier films together as professional rivals.
- Sriman once said in an interview: 'Nayantara is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines just by looking at me. We've done four films, and I still can't keep a straight face around her.'
4 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.2/10.
- Aegan
- Villu
- Massu Engira Masilamani
- Darbar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Aegan, both already had careers — Nayantara with 22 films, Sriman with 47.
Before Aegan, Nayantara had starred in 22 films, including E (2006) and Ayya (2005).
After Darbar, Nayantara went on to appear in 19 more films, including Jawan (2023) and Jawan (2023).
Before Aegan, Sriman had starred in 47 films, including Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi (2006) and Satham Podathey (2007).
After Darbar, Sriman went on to appear in 10 more films, including Guardian (2024) and Ward-126 (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nayantara & Sriman's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jayaram is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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