Nizhalgal Ravi & Prashanth Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Prashanth appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1999 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001 — 7.5/10). Films span Jodi (1999) through Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Prashanth partnership
After 14 years apart, they came back together for Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015). They didn't share a set between 2001 and 2015. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
From Jodi (1999) to Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015). Piriyadha Varam Vendum is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Jodi; the 2010s to Pulan Visaranai 2. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Prashanth acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Prashanth was already a star when Nizhalgal Ravi was cast as his father in Jodi (1999). But Ravi was only 10 years older than Prashanth in real life. The age gap was so small that director Praveen Gandhi had to add grey hair and a beard to Ravi to make the father-son dynamic believable.
- In Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001), Nizhalgal Ravi played a strict, emotionally distant father. Prashanth later said in an interview that Ravi's real-life calmness actually made it harder to act angry with him — they had to shoot the big confrontation scene 12 times because Prashanth kept breaking into laughter.
- After Jodi, Nizhalgal Ravi personally recommended Prashanth for a role in another director's film. Prashanth didn't take it, but Ravi never told him about the recommendation until years later. Prashanth found out from the director during the shoot of Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015).
- "Ravi sir is the only co-star who has played my father twice. And both times, I felt like I was actually talking to my own father." — Prashanth, in a 2015 interview about Pulan Visaranai 2.
- The father-son pairing in Jodi (1999) was so convincing that director K. S. Ravikumar later cast Nizhalgal Ravi as Prashanth's father again in a TV serial pilot. The pilot never aired, but the two kept the recording as a private joke.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2000s brought 1 film together, anchored by Piriyadha Varam Vendum (7.5/10).
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Jodi
- Piriyadha Varam Vendum
- Pulan Visaranai 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 16 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 94 films behind them; Prashanth had 19. After Pulan Visaranai 2, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 40 more films; Prashanth stepped back.
Before Jodi, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 94 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Indian (1996).
After Pulan Visaranai 2, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 40 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Por Thozhil (2023).
Before Jodi, Prashanth had starred in 19 films, including Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992) and Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998).
After Pulan Visaranai 2, Prashanth went on to appear in 6 more films, including Johnny (2018) and Andhagan (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nizhalgal Ravi & Prashanth's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ambika is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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