Nassar & Crane Manohar Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Crane Manohar appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2001 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Satham Podathey (2007 — 7.3/10). Films span Dhill (2001) through Ko 2 (2016).
The Nassar & Crane Manohar partnership
From Dhill (2001) to Ko 2 (2016). Satham Podathey is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Dhill (2001).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Satham Podathey; the 2010s to Veeram. Nassar acted in every film; Crane Manohar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Udhaya (2004), director Azhagam Perumal wanted a raw, earthy villain. He picked Nassar first, but Nassar insisted on bringing in his real-life friend Crane Manohar — a stunt coordinator with zero acting experience — to play the henchman. Manohar got the role because Nassar told the director, 'He'll scare you without a word.'
- In Veeram (2014), Nassar played the calm, calculating father while Manohar played the hot-headed enforcer. On set, Nassar would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery to force Manohar to react with his eyes instead of his fists. Manohar later said that one pause from Nassar taught him more about screen presence than ten action workshops.
- Nassar and Manohar have been friends since the 1990s, long before any film. On the sets of all three movies, they shared the same makeup van — not because of budget, but because Manohar refused to sit anywhere else. Nassar would make him tea between shots.
- Crane Manohar once told a Tamil magazine: 'Nassar anna doesn't act with me. He fights with me. Every scene is a real argument. That's why people believe us.'
- Their pairing in Udhaya (2004) directly led to Manohar getting his first major villain role in a Vijay film — because the producer saw their face-off scene and said, 'That guy doesn't need dialogue to be dangerous.'
6 films across 2 decades
The 2000s brought 4 films together, anchored by Satham Podathey (7.3/10).
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.3/10.
- Satham Podathey
- Udhaya
- Veeram
- Ko 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 15 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 62 films behind them; Crane Manohar had 9. After Ko 2, Nassar kept going for 100 more films; Crane Manohar stepped back.
Before Dhill, Nassar had starred in 62 films, including Mugam (1999) and Indira (1995).
After Ko 2, Nassar went on to appear in 100 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Dhill, Crane Manohar had starred in 9 films, including Muthu (1995) and Thenali (2000).
After Ko 2, Crane Manohar went on to appear in 13 more films, including Guru Uchaththula Irukkaru (2017) and Boat (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Crane Manohar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Mayilsamy is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Mayilsamy appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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