Mime Gopi & Poster Nandakumar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Mime Gopi and Poster Nandakumar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2014 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Madras (2014 — 8.1/10). Films span Madras (2014) through Kabali (2016).
The Mime Gopi & Poster Nandakumar partnership
One film towers over the rest: Madras at 8.1/10. From Madras (2014) to Kabali (2016). It started with Madras (2014).
Madras is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
Mime Gopi acted in every film; Poster Nandakumar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mime Gopi was a real-life gangster-turned-actor when Pa. Ranjith cast him in Madras. Poster Nandakumar, then a struggling actor, got his break in the same film because Ranjith saw him selling tickets outside a theatre and liked his face. They met for the first time on set — both outsiders, both nervous.
- In Kathakali (2016), Mime Gopi played the villain who tortures Nandakumar's character. The fight scene between them was shot in one continuous take — no cuts. Gopi later said Nandakumar's real fear made him act more vicious, and Nandakumar said Gopi's eyes actually scared him.
- Their third film together, Kabali (2016), made over 250 crores and turned both of them into household names. But the real ripple: Mime Gopi's performance as Tony Lee in that film directly inspired a new wave of 'real gangster' casting in Tamil cinema — directors started actively recruiting former criminals for authenticity.
- During the shoot of Madras (2014), Mime Gopi and Poster Nandakumar shared a room in a cheap lodge near the set. Every night, they'd rehearse their lines together — Gopi, who couldn't read Tamil well, would have Nandakumar read his dialogues aloud until he memorized them by sound.
3 films across 1 decade
- Madras
- Kathakali
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Poster Nandakumar's screen credits are with Mime Gopi. After Kabali, Mime Gopi kept going for 54 more films; Poster Nandakumar stepped back.
Before Madras, Mime Gopi had starred in 1 film, including Drohi (2010).
After Kabali, Mime Gopi went on to appear in 54 more films, including Friday (2025) and Sabari (2024).
Madras was Poster Nandakumar's acting debut.
After Kabali, Poster Nandakumar went on to appear in 4 more films, including The Great Indian Kitchen (2023) and Nibunan (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Mime Gopi & Poster Nandakumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Catherine Tresa is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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