Nizhalgal Ravi & Jaishankar Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Jaishankar appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1985 and 1997. Their highest-rated collaboration was Priyanka (1994 — 6.8/10). Films span Yaar (1985) through Arunachalam (1997).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Jaishankar partnership
They saved their best for last — Priyanka (6.8/10) came 9 years in. From Yaar (1985) to Arunachalam (1997). The ran closed with Arunachalam in 1997.
It started with Yaar (1985).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Mappillai; the 1990s to Priyanka. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Jaishankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Mappillai
- Yaar
- Priyanka
- Arunachalam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 12 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 6 films behind them; Jaishankar had 185. After Arunachalam, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 99 more films; Jaishankar stepped back.
Before Yaar, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 6 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Mann Vasanai (1983).
After Arunachalam, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 99 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Andhadhi (2015).
Before Yaar, Jaishankar had starred in 185 films, including Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and Pattanathil Bhootham (1967).
After Arunachalam, Jaishankar went on to appear in 2 more films, including Dharma (1998) and Chinna Raja (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nizhalgal Ravi & Jaishankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 3 of their 6 films. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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