Nassar & Mumtaz Sorcar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Mumtaz Sorcar appeared together in 3 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 & Mumtaz Sorcar partnership
From Irudhi Suttru (2016) to Guru (2017). Irudhi Suttru is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Irudhi Suttru (2016).
The shape of the work
Nassar acted in every film; Mumtaz Sorcar acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Mumtaz Sorcar to director Sudha Kongara for Irudhi Suttru. He had seen her work in Bengali cinema and told Kongara she'd bring the right grit for the boxing coach role.
- In Irudhi Suttru, Nassar played the gruff coach and Mumtaz played his wife. She said he deliberately stayed in character between takes — barking orders at her even off-camera — to keep her performance raw and reactive.
- Mumtaz Sorcar has said Nassar treated her like a daughter on set. He personally taught her Tamil dialogue delivery for Irudhi Suttru, line by line, because she was more comfortable in Bengali and Hindi.
- Mumtaz Sorcar said about Nassar: 'He doesn't act. He just becomes the character. I learned more from watching him in one scene than from months of training.'
- Their pairing in Irudhi Suttru was so convincing as a married couple that director Pa. Ranjith later cast both of them as husband and wife again in the 2019 film Kaala — a direct ripple from their earlier chemistry.
3 films across 1 decade
- Irudhi Suttru
- Guru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 3 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nassar had 177 films behind them; Mumtaz Sorcar had 0. After Guru, Nassar kept going for 75 more films; Mumtaz Sorcar stepped back.
Before Irudhi Suttru, Nassar had starred in 177 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Anbe Sivam (2003).
After Guru, Nassar went on to appear in 75 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Irudhi Suttru was Mumtaz Sorcar's acting debut.
After Guru, Mumtaz Sorcar went on to appear in 1 more film, including C/O Kaadhal (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Mumtaz Sorcar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ritika Singh is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Ritika Singh appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Santhosh Narayanan scored 3 of them.
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