Nagesh & T. K. Ramamoorthy Movies Together List — 9 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nagesh and T. K. Ramamoorthy appeared together in 9 Tamil films between 1966 and 1973. Their highest-rated collaboration was Alayam (1967 — 7.8/10). Films span Kumari Penn (1966) through Baghdad Perazhagi (1973).
The Nagesh & T. K. Ramamoorthy partnership
Between 1966 and 1973, they barely worked apart — 9 films in 7 years. 1966 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Nagesh–T. film arrived almost every year.
From Kumari Penn (1966) to Baghdad Perazhagi (1973). Neelagiri Express (1968, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 89% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Alayam; the 1970s to Baghdad Perazhagi. Nagesh acted in every film; T. K. Ramamoorthy scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
9 films across 2 decades
The 1960s brought 8 films together, anchored by Alayam (7.8/10).
The 1970s accounted for 1 film.
- Alayam
- Naan
- Baghdad Perazhagi0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
9 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
64% of T. K. Ramamoorthy's screen credits are with Nagesh. When they first worked together, Nagesh had 41 films behind them; T. K. Ramamoorthy had 0. After Baghdad Perazhagi, Nagesh kept going for 106 more films; T. K. Ramamoorthy stepped back.
Before Kumari Penn, Nagesh had starred in 41 films, including Thiruvilaiyadal (1965) and Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964).
After Baghdad Perazhagi, Nagesh went on to appear in 106 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
Kumari Penn was T. K. Ramamoorthy's acting debut.
After Baghdad Perazhagi, T. K. Ramamoorthy went on to appear in 5 more films, including Pandhattam (1974) and Avalukku Aayiram Kangal (1975).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nagesh & T. K. Ramamoorthy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ravichandran is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 9 films. Ravichandran appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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