Nassar & Yuvan Shankar Raja Movies Together List — 20 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Yuvan Shankar Raja appeared together in 20 Tamil films between 1998 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Satham Podathey (2007 — 7.3/10). Films span Velai (1998) through Gangs of Godavari (2024).
The Nassar & Yuvan Shankar Raja partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. 2007 was their peak — 5 films in twelve months. For 26 years, a Nassar–Yuvan film arrived almost every year.
From Velai (1998) to Gangs of Godavari (2024). Their most recent film, Gangs of Godavari, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poovellam Kettuppar; the 2020s to 1945. Yuvan Shankar Raja music composer in some, original music composer in others.
20 films across 4 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.2/10.
The 2000s brought 10 films together, anchored by Satham Podathey (7.3/10).
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.1/10.
The 2020s brought 4 films together, anchored by 1945 (7.1/10).
- Poovellam Kettuppar
- Velai
- Satham Podathey
- Vel
- Vettai
- Biriyani
- 1945
- Gangs of Godavari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
20 films across 26 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
74% of Yuvan Shankar Raja's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 46 films behind them; Yuvan Shankar Raja had 1.
Before Velai, Nassar had starred in 46 films, including Indira (1995) and Kalyana Agathigal (1985).
After Gangs of Godavari, Nassar went on to appear in 9 more films, including Euphoria (2026) and Tanvi the Great (2025).
Before Velai, Yuvan Shankar Raja had starred in 1 film, including Aravindhan (1997).
After Gangs of Godavari, Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to appear in 6 more films, including Maareesan (2025) and Sweetheart! (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Yuvan Shankar Raja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company. Regina Cassandra appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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