Nizhalgal Ravi & Bose Venkat Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Bose Venkat appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2008 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Dhaam Dhoom (2008 — 5.5/10). Films span Dhaam Dhoom (2008) through Nandhi Varman (2023).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Bose Venkat partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Nandhi Varman (2023). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 2015 and 2023.
From Dhaam Dhoom (2008) to Nandhi Varman (2023). Their most recent film, Nandhi Varman, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Dhaam Dhoom; the 2020s to Nandhi Varman. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Bose Venkat acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Bose Venkat was actually a stage actor before films. Nizhalgal Ravi spotted him during a theater performance in the early 2000s and personally recommended him to director Jeeva for 'Dhaam Dhoom' (2008). That recommendation became Bose Venkat's first major Tamil film role.
- In 'Engalukku Veru Kilaigal Kidaiyathu' (2015), Nizhalgal Ravi played the strict father while Bose Venkat played the comic sidekick. Ravi deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in every scene with Venkat, giving him space to land punchlines. Venkat later said Ravi would whisper 'wait for my pause' before takes.
- Between films, the two ran a small theatre workshop together in Chennai for five years (2010–2015). They never advertised it. Students only knew them as 'Ravi anna' and 'Bose anna'. The workshop shut down when both got busy with back-to-back film schedules.
- Bose Venkat once told a local magazine: 'Ravi sir doesn't act with you. He acts for you. In Dhaam Dhoom, he made sure my one scene got noticed by the director. That's the kind of co-star he is.'
- Their workshop trained a young assistant director named S. R. Prabhu, who later cast both of them in 'Nandhi Varman' (2023). That film was Prabhu's directorial debut. He said he wrote the father-son conflict specifically because he'd seen their workshop chemistry.
3 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Dhaam Dhoom
- Engalukku Veru Kilaigal Kidaiyathu 0
- Nandhi Varman
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nizhalgal Ravi had 128 films behind them; Bose Venkat had 9.
Before Dhaam Dhoom, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 128 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Indian (1996).
After Nandhi Varman, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 20 more films, including Masthu Shades Unnai Ra (2024) and Kaantha (2025).
Before Dhaam Dhoom, Bose Venkat had starred in 9 films, including Sivaji (2007) and Thalai Nagaram (2006).
After Nandhi Varman, Bose Venkat went on to appear in 9 more films, including Viduthalai: Part II (2024) and DNA (2025).
Collaboration Journey
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