Nassar & Yuvan Shankar Raja Movies Together List — 20 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · 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 12 more films, including Satluj (2026) and Euphoria (2026).
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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