Nagesh & Latha Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nagesh and Latha appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1973 and 1977. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973 — 7.8/10). Films span Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973) through Meenava Nanban (1977).
The Nagesh & Latha partnership
Between 1973 and 1977, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Nagesh–Latha film arrived almost every year. Remarkably even — every film rates between 7.5 and 7.8.
From Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973) to Meenava Nanban (1977). Uzhaikkum Karangal (1976, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
5 films across 1 decade
- Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
- Urimai Kural
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nagesh had 161 films behind them; Latha had 0. After Meenava Nanban, Nagesh kept going for 68 more films; Latha stepped back.
Before Ulagam Sutrum Valiban, Nagesh had starred in 161 films, including Thiruvilaiyadal (1965) and Major Chandrakanth (1966).
After Meenava Nanban, Nagesh went on to appear in 68 more films, including Kadhal Kondein (2003) and Cheran Pandiyan (1991).
Ulagam Sutrum Valiban was Latha's acting debut.
After Meenava Nanban, Latha went on to appear in 15 more films, including Aayiram Jenmangal (1978) and Nagesh Thiraiyarangam (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nagesh & Latha's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
M. G. Ramachandran is the through-line — cast on 5 of their 5 films. M. S. Viswanathan scored 5 of them. M. G. Ramachandran appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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