Thirumalai & Nagesh Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Thirumalai and Nagesh appeared together in 2 Tamil films. Films span Madras To Pondicherry (1966) through Sadhu Mirandal (1966).
The Thirumalai & Nagesh partnership
From Madras To Pondicherry (1966) to Sadhu Mirandal (1966). The ran closed with Sadhu Mirandal in 1966. It started with Madras To Pondicherry (1966).
The shape of the work
Thirumalai directed every film; Nagesh acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Madras To Pondicherry0
- Sadhu Mirandal0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 0 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
40% of Thirumalai's screen credits are with Nagesh. When they first worked together, Thirumalai had 0 films behind them; Nagesh had 41. After Sadhu Mirandal, Nagesh kept going for 225 more films; Thirumalai stepped back.
Madras To Pondicherry was Thirumalai's directorial debut.
After Sadhu Mirandal, Thirumalai went on to direct 3 more films, including Agam Puram (2010) and Thee Nagar (2007).
Before Madras To Pondicherry, Nagesh had starred in 41 films, including Thiruvilaiyadal (1965) and Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964).
After Sadhu Mirandal, Nagesh went on to appear in 225 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Thillaanaa Mohanambal (1968).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Thirumalai & Nagesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
O.A.K.Thevar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 2 films.
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