Nassar & Santhosh Narayanan Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Santhosh Narayanan appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 2013 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Jigarthanda (2014 — 7.8/10). Films span Pizza 2: The Villa (2013) through Retro (2025).
The Nassar & Santhosh Narayanan partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Retro (2025). 2016 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. They didn't share a set between 2017 and 2025.
From Pizza 2: The Villa (2013) to Retro (2025). Irudhi Suttru (2016, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 88% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Jigarthanda; the 2020s to Retro. Nassar acted in every film; Santhosh Narayanan scored all of them.
8 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 7 films together, anchored by Jigarthanda (7.8/10).
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Jigarthanda
- Irudhi Suttru
- Retro
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 3 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
62% of Santhosh Narayanan's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 131 films behind them; Santhosh Narayanan had 2.
Before Pizza 2: The Villa, Nassar had starred in 131 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Retro, Nassar went on to appear in 2 more films, including Euphoria (2026) and Oh Butterfly! (2026).
Before Pizza 2: The Villa, Santhosh Narayanan had starred in 2 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Pizza (2012).
After Retro, Santhosh Narayanan went on to appear in 3 more films, including Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026) and Seyon (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Santhosh Narayanan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kaali Venkat appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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