Nizhalgal Ravi & Roja Selvamani Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Roja Selvamani appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 1993 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Veera (1994 — 6.5/10). Films span Uzhaippali (1993) through Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Roja Selvamani partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2015. From Uzhaippali (1993) to Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015).
It started with Uzhaippali (1993).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Veera; the 2010s to Pulan Visaranai 2. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Roja Selvamani acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Veera (1994), but neither was the lead pair — Ravi played a supporting villain role while Selvamani was a side character. The director, Suresh Krissna, paired them in a single scene that ran barely three minutes, but their energy made him promise to cast them together again.
- In Nenjinile (1999), Ravi played a cold-blooded antagonist and Selvamani played his victim. Ravi later admitted in an interview that Selvamani's raw fear in the climax scene was so real it made him flinch — she refused to rehearse, insisting on a first-take shock, which forced him to match her intensity without preparation.
- Despite playing enemies in all three films, Ravi and Selvamani became close friends during the Veera shoot. Selvamani once said Ravi would drive her home after late-night shoots because she was scared of the dark — a habit he kept up even after they stopped working together.
- Their reunion in Pulan Visaranai 2 (2015) — after a 16-year gap — directly inspired director V. Samuthirakani to cast them as estranged siblings in his 2017 film Thondan. He told press he loved how their real-life warmth bled through their on-screen hostility.
- Roja Selvamani told a Tamil magazine in 2015: 'Ravi anna is the only co-star who never once made me feel like a newcomer. Even in Veera, when I was nobody, he treated me like an equal. That's why I said yes to Pulan Visaranai 2 without even reading the script.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Veera
- Nenjinile
- Pulan Visaranai 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
67% of Roja Selvamani's screen credits are with Nizhalgal Ravi. When they first worked together, Nizhalgal Ravi had 67 films behind them; Roja Selvamani had 2. After Pulan Visaranai 2, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 40 more films; Roja Selvamani stepped back.
Before Uzhaippali, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 67 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Mann Vasanai (1983).
After Pulan Visaranai 2, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 40 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Por Thozhil (2023).
Before Uzhaippali, Roja Selvamani had starred in 2 films, including Suriyan (1992) and Chembaruthi (1992).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nizhalgal Ravi & Roja Selvamani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manivannan is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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