Nassar & Ritika Singh Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Ritika Singh appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2016 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Irudhi Suttru (2016 — 7.6/10). Films span Irudhi Suttru (2016) through Guru (2017).
The Nassar & Ritika Singh partnership
Between 2016 and 2017, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 1 years. 2016 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.6.
From Irudhi Suttru (2016) to Guru (2017). Aandavan Kattalai (2016, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Nassar acted in every film; Ritika Singh acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Hindi.
Partnership facts
- Ritika Singh was a real-life boxer with zero acting experience when director Sudha Kongara cast her opposite Nassar in Irudhi Suttru (2016). Nassar, playing her coach, actually trained her for the ring scenes — he had to teach her how to act like she was losing to him.
- In Aandavan Kattalai (2016), Nassar played a passport agent scamming people, and Ritika played his daughter. The entire comedy came from her deadpan reactions to his fast-talking lies — she kept him grounded while he went over the top.
- Nassar personally recommended Ritika for Guru (2017) after the director was unsure about casting a non-actor again. He told the team, 'She doesn't act — she just reacts. That's what this role needs.'
- Ritika once said in an interview: 'Nassar sir would scold me in Tamil on set, and I wouldn't understand a word. But I knew from his eyes when I messed up. He never let me get away with a lazy take.'
- Their pairing in Irudhi Suttru directly launched Ritika's acting career — she won a Filmfare for Best Debut. Without Nassar's on-screen mentorship, she likely never gets a second film.
- In Saala Khadoos (the Hindi dub of Irudhi Suttru), Nassar and Ritika had to re-shoot every scene in Hindi. Ritika didn't speak Hindi — Nassar translated her Tamil lines on the spot between takes, and she delivered them phonetically. That's why their timing still syncs.
4 films across 1 decade
- Irudhi Suttru
- Aandavan Kattalai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 1 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 3 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
44% of Ritika Singh's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 176 films behind them; Ritika Singh had 0. After Guru, Nassar kept going for 77 more films; Ritika Singh stepped back.
Before Irudhi Suttru, Nassar had starred in 176 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Anbe Sivam (2003).
After Guru, Nassar went on to appear in 77 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Irudhi Suttru was Ritika Singh's acting debut.
After Guru, Ritika Singh went on to appear in 5 more films, including Oh My Kadavule (2020) and Vettaiyan (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Ritika Singh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mumtaz Sorcar is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Santhosh Narayanan scored 3 of them. Mumtaz Sorcar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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