Nagesh & T. R. Pappa Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nagesh and T. R. Pappa appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1965 and 1973. Films span Iravum Pagalum (1965) through Maru Piravi (1973).
The Nagesh & T. R. Pappa partnership
Between 1965 and 1973, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 8 years. From Iravum Pagalum (1965) to Maru Piravi (1973). The spanned closed with Maru Piravi in 1973.
It started with Iravum Pagalum (1965).
The shape of the work
The 1960s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Iravum Pagalum; the 1970s to Avasara Kalyanam. Nagesh acted in every film; T. R. Pappa scored all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1960s accounted for 3 films.
The 1970s accounted for 2 films.
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of T. R. Pappa's screen credits are with Nagesh. After Maru Piravi, Nagesh kept going for 106 more films; T. R. Pappa stepped back.
Before Iravum Pagalum, Nagesh had starred in 22 films, including Kaadhalikka Neramillai (1964) and Server Sundaram (1964).
After Maru Piravi, Nagesh went on to appear in 106 more films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Apoorva Raagangal (1975).
Before Iravum Pagalum, T. R. Pappa had starred in 8 films, including Arunagiri Nadhar (1964) and Kuravanji (1960).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nagesh & T. R. Pappa's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jaishankar is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Jaishankar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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