Nizhalgal Ravi & Venniradai Moorthy Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nizhalgal Ravi and Venniradai Moorthy appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1985 and 2001. Their highest-rated collaboration was En Kitta Mothathey (1990 — 7.5/10). Films span Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) through Nageswari (2001).
The Nizhalgal Ravi & Venniradai Moorthy partnership
1990 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) to Nageswari (2001).
The unfolded closed with Nageswari in 2001. En Kitta Mothathey is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Naan Sigappu Manithan; the 2000s to Nageswari. Nizhalgal Ravi acted in every film; Venniradai Moorthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Director Manoj Kumar cast Nizhalgal Ravi and Venniradai Moorthy together for the first time in Idhaya Thamarai (1990) because he wanted two actors who could switch between comedy and emotion without missing a beat. Moorthy was already a stage veteran; Ravi was the rising star. The director bet the film's second half on their back-and-forth.
- In En Kitta Mothathey (1990), Moorthy played the comic sidekick who constantly one-upped Ravi's straight-man hero. Ravi later admitted in an interview that Moorthy's timing forced him to stay on his toes — he couldn't rely on his usual pauses because Moorthy would jump in and steal the scene.
- During the shoot of Aadi Velli (1990), the two shared a room in a small lodge near the set. Moorthy would wake up at 4 AM to rehearse his lines aloud, and Ravi — a night owl — would groan and throw a pillow at him. By the end of the schedule, Moorthy had trained Ravi to wake up early too.
- Dharma Dorai (1991) was their only film together that tanked at the box office. But the failure had a direct ripple: the producer, who lost money on it, refused to fund any future project pairing the two. That's why they never worked together again after 1991.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.1/10.
The 1990s brought 6 films together, anchored by En Kitta Mothathey (7.5/10).
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.0/10.
- Naan Sigappu Manithan
- En Kitta Mothathey
- Kalikaalam
- Nageswari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 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
After Nageswari, Nizhalgal Ravi kept going for 82 more films; Venniradai Moorthy stepped back.
Before Naan Sigappu Manithan, Nizhalgal Ravi had starred in 6 films, including Nizhalgal (1980) and Mann Vasanai (1983).
After Nageswari, Nizhalgal Ravi went on to appear in 82 more films, including Ratsasan (2018) and Andhadhi (2015).
Before Naan Sigappu Manithan, Venniradai Moorthy had starred in 32 films, including Azhiyadha Kolangal (1979) and Mullum Malarum (1978).
After Nageswari, Venniradai Moorthy went on to appear in 21 more films, including Thamizh Padam (2010) and Manam Kothi Paravai (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nizhalgal Ravi & Venniradai Moorthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 8 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them.
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