Ravichandran & Nagesh Movies Together List — 31 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ravichandran and Nagesh appeared together in 31 Tamil films between 1964 and 1977. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964 — 8.5/10). Films span Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964) through Nee Vaazha Vendum (1977).
The Ravichandran & Nagesh partnership
1967 was their peak — 6 films in twelve months. For 13 years, a Ravichandran–Nagesh film arrived almost every year. From Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964) to Nee Vaazha Vendum (1977).
Naan (1967, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. The ran closed with Nee Vaazha Vendum in 1977.
The shape of the work
The 1960s belonged to Kaadhalikka Neramillai; the 1970s to Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa. Ravichandran acted in every film; Nagesh acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ravichandran was a newcomer when director C. V. Sridhar cast him opposite Nagesh in Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964). Nagesh, already a star comedian, pushed for Ravichandran to get the lead — he felt the new guy's deadpan face was perfect foil for his own manic energy.
- In Adhey Kangal (1967), Nagesh played a blind man and Ravichandran played his friend who doesn't know he's blind. Nagesh would deliberately go off-script during the 'blind' scenes, forcing Ravichandran to react in real time — that raw, unplanned panic is what made the comedy land.
- Their double-act in Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966) directly inspired the template for the 'hero and his comic sidekick' pairing that dominated Tamil cinema through the 1970s. Every major star after them — from Sivaji Ganesan to Rajinikanth — had a Nagesh-like foil in their films.
- Off-screen, they were total opposites. Ravichandran was quiet and kept to himself; Nagesh was loud and loved late-night card games. But on every single set, Nagesh would make sure Ravichandran ate lunch with him — he said the guy looked 'too thin and sad to eat alone.'
- Nagesh once said in a 1975 interview: 'Ravichandran is the only actor who can make me look funny without trying. I just stand next to him and the audience laughs.'
- In Naan (1967), they played brothers — one serious, one goofy. Ravichandran insisted on rehearsing every scene to the second, while Nagesh refused to rehearse at all. The tension between their methods created a crackling, unpredictable rhythm that made the film a hit.
31 films across 2 decades
The 1960s brought 17 films together, anchored by Kaadhalikka Neramillai (8.5/10).
The 1970s accounted for 14 films, averaging 6.5/10.
- Kaadhalikka Neramillai
- Motor Sundaram Pillai
- Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa
- Nangu Suvargal0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
31 films across 13 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
54% of Ravichandran's screen credits are with Nagesh. After Nee Vaazha Vendum, Nagesh kept going for 68 more films; Ravichandran stepped back.
Kaadhalikka Neramillai was Ravichandran's acting debut.
After Nee Vaazha Vendum, Ravichandran went on to appear in 26 more films, including Neeya (1979) and Thendral (2004).
Before Kaadhalikka Neramillai, Nagesh had starred in 10 films, including Kungumam (1963) and Ratha Thilagam (1963).
After Nee Vaazha Vendum, Nagesh went on to appear in 68 more films, including Kadhal Kondein (2003) and Cheran Pandiyan (1991).


Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ravichandran & Nagesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. S. Viswanathan scored 11 of them. They worked with the same 10 people again and again — a small repertory company. Jayalalitha appears alongside them in 7 films — practically a third lead.
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