Nassar & Bose Venkat Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Bose Venkat appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2006 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kavan (2017 — 6.9/10). Films span Naalai (2006) through Kavan (2017).
The Nassar & Bose Venkat partnership
They saved their best for last — Kavan (6.9/10) came 11 years in. From Naalai (2006) to Kavan (2017). It started with Naalai (2006).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Marudhamalai; the 2010s to Kavan. Nassar acted in every film; Bose Venkat acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Bose Venkat to director M. Muthaiah for Marudhamalai (2007). That film was Bose Venkat's first big break as a villain, and Nassar had seen him in a small stage play years earlier.
- In 36 Vayathinile (2015), Nassar played the aging husband and Bose Venkat played the younger, aggressive rival. The tension in their scenes came from Bose Venkat deliberately speeding up his dialogue delivery, forcing Nassar to slow down even more — making the age gap feel real and uncomfortable.
- On the sets of Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka (2015), the two would share a single cup of filter coffee every morning before the first shot. It started as a joke — Bose Venkat forgot his wallet — and became a ritual for the entire shoot.
- Their face-off in Kavan (2017) — where Nassar plays a corrupt politician and Bose Venkat a media fixer — directly inspired the casting of two older actors as rivals in the 2019 web series 'Thiravam'. The showrunner admitted in an interview that he rewatched their Kavan scenes to study how to write a power struggle without shouting.
- Bose Venkat once said in a 2018 interview: 'Nassar sir doesn't act with you — he acts at you. If you blink, you lose the scene. I learned to keep my eyes wide open.'
6 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Marudhamalai
- Naalai0
- Kavan
- 36 Vayathinile
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 11 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, Nassar had 87 films behind them; Bose Venkat had 3. After Kavan, Nassar kept going for 75 more films; Bose Venkat stepped back.
Before Naalai, Nassar had starred in 87 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Kavan, Nassar went on to appear in 75 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Naalai, Bose Venkat had starred in 3 films, including Rightaa Thappaa (2005) and Kannamma (2005).
After Kavan, Bose Venkat went on to appear in 27 more films, including Taanakkaran (2022) and Viduthalai: Part II (2024).
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