Nizhalgal Ravi & Meena Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Meena appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1991 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was Veera (1994 — 6.5/10). Films span Idhaya Oonjal (1991) through Shahjahan (2001).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Meena partnership
From Idhaya Oonjal (1991) to Shahjahan (2001). The played out closed with Shahjahan in 2001. It started with Idhaya Oonjal (1991).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Veera; the 2000s to Shahjahan. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Meena acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Idhaya Oonjal (1991), director K. S. Ravikumar was looking for a fresh pair. He cast Nizhalgal Ravi and Meena together after seeing their individual screen tests — they had never met before the first day of shoot.
- In Veera (1994), Nizhalgal Ravi played the villain opposite Meena's heroine. Their confrontation scene in the climax — where she slaps him — was shot in one take because Meena was so furious in the moment that Ravi later said he actually felt the sting for hours.
- During Shahjahan (2001), Meena was already a huge star. Nizhalgal Ravi later admitted in an interview that he felt intimidated acting opposite her again after seven years, so she deliberately flubbed her lines on the first day to make him laugh and break the ice.
- "She was the only co-star who would correct my dialogue delivery on set without making me feel small. That's rare in this industry." — Nizhalgal Ravi, in a 2015 interview about working with Meena.
3 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
- Veera
- Idhaya Oonjal0
- Shahjahan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 10 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 46 films behind them; Meena had 4. After Shahjahan, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 82 more films; Meena stepped back.
Before Idhaya Oonjal, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 46 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Mann Vasanai (1983).
After Shahjahan, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 82 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Andhadhi (2015).
Before Idhaya Oonjal, Meena had starred in 4 films, including Nenjangal (1982) and Anbulla Rajinikanth (1984).
After Shahjahan, Meena went on to appear in 30 more films, including Drushyam 2 (2021) and Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013).
Collaboration Journey
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