Naveen Chandra & Nassar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Naveen Chandra and Nassar appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2013 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maharshi (2019 — 7.1/10). Films span Dalam (2013) through Maharshi (2019).
The Naveen Chandra & Nassar partnership
From Dalam (2013) to Maharshi (2019). Maharshi is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Dalam (2013).
The shape of the work
Naveen Chandra acted in every film; Nassar acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- In Dalam (2013), Naveen Chandra was a relative newcomer. Nassar, already a veteran, personally recommended him to the director after seeing his audition tape. That nod got Naveen the role.
- In Koottam (2014), Nassar played a ruthless antagonist. Naveen Chandra later said that Nassar would deliberately stay in character between takes, glaring at him off-camera, to keep Naveen's fear real for the scene.
- During the shoot of Maharshi (2019), Nassar would pull Naveen Chandra aside after pack-up and give him notes on his Telugu diction. Naveen, who grew up speaking Tamil at home, credits Nassar for fixing his accent.
- Naveen Chandra said in a 2019 interview: 'Nassar sir doesn't just act with you — he teaches you how to breathe in a scene. Every time we worked together, I left a better actor.'
- Their three-film run — from a crime thriller (Dalam) to a rural drama (Koottam) to a blockbuster (Maharshi) — showed Telugu producers that a Tamil veteran and a young Telugu hero could anchor very different genres together. That opened doors for more cross-industry pairings.
3 films across 1 decade
- Maharshi
- Dalam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Naveen Chandra had 1 films behind them; Nassar had 131. After Maharshi, Nassar kept going for 52 more films; Naveen Chandra stepped back.
Before Dalam, Naveen Chandra had starred in 1 film, including Andala Rakshasi (2012).
After Maharshi, Naveen Chandra went on to appear in 28 more films, including Month of Madhu (2023) and 1997 (2021).
Before Dalam, Nassar had starred in 131 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Maharshi, Nassar went on to appear in 52 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Naveen Chandra & Nassar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Abhimanyu Singh is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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