Nassar & Ponnambalam Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Ponnambalam appeared together in 7 Tamil films between 1989 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thennavan (2003 — 6.5/10). Films span Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989) through Devathayai Kanden (2005).
The Nassar & Ponnambalam partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Thavasi (2001). They saved their best for last — Thennavan (6.5/10) came 14 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
They didn't share a set between 1993 and 2001. From Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989) to Devathayai Kanden (2005).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Apoorva Sagodharargal; the 2000s to Thennavan. Nassar acted in every film; Ponnambalam acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
7 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.9/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 3.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.9/10.
- Apoorva Sagodharargal
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- Thennavan
- Devathayai Kanden
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Devathayai Kanden, Nassar kept going for 212 more films; Ponnambalam stepped back.
Before Apoorva Sagodharargal, Nassar had starred in 7 films, including Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and Nayagan (1987).
After Devathayai Kanden, Nassar went on to appear in 212 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Apoorva Sagodharargal, Ponnambalam had starred in 1 film, including Kaliyugam (1988).
After Devathayai Kanden, Ponnambalam went on to appear in 18 more films, including Arya (2007) and Nagaram Marupakkam (2010).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Ponnambalam's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 7 films. Janagaraj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them.
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