Prabhu & Nassar Movies Together List — 22 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prabhu and Nassar appeared together in 22 Tamil films between 1988 and 2020. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chandramukhi (2005 — 7.0/10). Films span Dharmathin Thalaivan (1988) through College Kumar (2020).
The Prabhu & Nassar partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Chandramukhi (2005). They didn't share a set between 1994 and 2005. 1988 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
Their work runs across 5 decades of Tamil cinema. For 32 years, a Prabhu–Nassar film arrived almost every year.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Poovizhi Raja; the 2020s to College Kumar. Prabhu acted in every film; Nassar acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Poovizhi Raja (1988), almost didn't happen. Director Manobala originally wanted a different actor for Nassar's role. Prabhu personally insisted on Nassar, saying he needed someone with 'sad eyes' to play his friend.
- In Chandramukhi (2005), Prabhu played the comic sidekick to Rajinikanth's hero. But the real comedy engine was the Prabhu-Nassar banter. Nassar would deliberately flub his lines to make Prabhu break character, and the director kept those takes because Prabhu's genuine laughter sold the scene.
- Their 2014 Telugu film Oka Laila Kosam directly launched a new trend: the 'middle-aged bromance' in South Indian cinema. Before this, older male friendships were always tragic or comedic. This film made it cool to see two 50+ guys just hang out and solve problems together. You can trace the vibe of later hits like Jai Bhim and Maanaadu back to this.
- On the sets of Sankarankovil (2011), Prabhu and Nassar had a running bet: whoever forgot their lines first had to buy the entire crew biryani. Nassar lost every single day for the first week. By the end of the shoot, Prabhu had spent zero rupees on biryani.
- Nassar once said in an interview: 'Prabhu is the only co-star who can make me forget I'm acting. When I look at him, I don't see a camera. I see my friend.' He said this during the audio launch of 7 Naatkal (2017).
- In Utharavu Maharaja (2018), a film that got a 4.7 rating, the only scene critics unanimously praised was a 3-minute single shot where Prabhu and Nassar argue without blinking. Nassar set the rhythm — he spoke in bursts — and Prabhu matched him beat for beat, creating a tension that felt like a real fight between old friends.
22 films across 5 decades
The 1980s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.4/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2000s brought 3 films together, anchored by Chandramukhi (7.0/10).
The 2010s accounted for 10 films, averaging 5.2/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.1/10.
- Poovizhi Raja
- Dharmathin Thalaivan
- Priyanka
- Vietnam Colony
- Chandramukhi
- Thaamirabharani
- Shakti
- Oka Laila Kosam
- College Kumar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
22 films across 32 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Prabhu had 50 films behind them; Nassar had 5. After College Kumar, Nassar kept going for 51 more films; Prabhu stepped back.
Before Dharmathin Thalaivan, Prabhu had starred in 50 films, including Naam (1985) and Anbe Odivaa (1984).
After College Kumar, Prabhu went on to appear in 15 more films, including PT Sir (2024) and Kiss (2025).
Before Dharmathin Thalaivan, Nassar had starred in 5 films, including Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and Nayagan (1987).
After College Kumar, Nassar went on to appear in 51 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prabhu & Nassar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja scored 6 of them. Ganja Karuppu appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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