M. S. Viswanathan & Vennira Aadai Nirmala Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
M. S. Viswanathan and Vennira Aadai Nirmala appeared together in 16 Tamil films between 1968 and 1977. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aval (1972 — 7.8/10). Films span Ragasiya Police 115 (1968) through Meenava Nanban (1977).
The M. S. Viswanathan & Vennira Aadai Nirmala partnership
1971 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 9 years, a M.–Vennira film arrived almost every year. From Ragasiya Police 115 (1968) to Meenava Nanban (1977).
Naalai Namadhe (1975, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. Aval is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1970s account for 81% of everything they made together. The 1960s belonged to Ragasiya Police 115; the 1970s to Aval. M. S. Viswanathan scored every film; Vennira Aadai Nirmala acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
16 films across 2 decades
The 1960s accounted for 3 films.
The 1970s brought 13 films together, anchored by Aval (7.8/10).
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- Babu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
73% of Vennira Aadai Nirmala's screen credits are with M. S. Viswanathan. After Meenava Nanban, M. S. Viswanathan kept going for 214 more films; Vennira Aadai Nirmala stepped back.
Ragasiya Police 115 was M. S. Viswanathan's acting debut.
After Meenava Nanban, M. S. Viswanathan went on to appear in 214 more films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Ninaithale Inikkum (1979).
Before Ragasiya Police 115, Vennira Aadai Nirmala had starred in 1 film, including Vennira Aadai (1965).
After Meenava Nanban, Vennira Aadai Nirmala went on to appear in 5 more films, including Bala Nagamma (1981) and Kaali (1980).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of M. S. Viswanathan & Vennira Aadai Nirmala's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 7 people again and again — a small repertory company. Nagesh appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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