Nassar & Poornam Viswanathan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Poornam Viswanathan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1985 and 2002. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kalyana Agathigal (1985 — 7.5/10). Films span Kalyana Agathigal (1985) through Thamizh (2002).
The Nassar & Poornam Viswanathan partnership
After 10 years apart, they came back together for Thamizh (2002). They didn't share a set between 1992 and 2002. Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema.
The work is uneven: Kalyana Agathigal (7.5) at one end, Meera (3.5) at the other. From Kalyana Agathigal (1985) to Thamizh (2002).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Kalyana Agathigal; the 2000s to Thamizh. Nassar acted in every film; Poornam Viswanathan acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 3 decades
The 1980s brought 2 films together, anchored by Kalyana Agathigal (7.5/10).
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.7/10.
- Kalyana Agathigal
- Varusham Padhinaaru
- Meera
- Raja Kaiya Vacha0
- Thamizh
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Thamizh, Nassar kept going for 233 more films; Poornam Viswanathan stepped back.
Kalyana Agathigal was Nassar's acting debut.
After Thamizh, Nassar went on to appear in 233 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Kalyana Agathigal, Poornam Viswanathan had starred in 18 films, including Rickshawkaran (1971) and Moondru Mugam (1982).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Poornam Viswanathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charlie is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them. Charlie appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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