Nassar & Deva Movies Together List — 17 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Deva appeared together in 17 Tamil films between 1991 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Virumbugiren (2002 — 6.5/10). Films span Marikkozhundhu (1991) through Kutti Pisasu (2010).
The Nassar & Deva partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. 2000 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 19 years, a Nassar–Deva film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Virumbugiren (6.5) at one end, Maayan (1.0) at the other. From Marikkozhundhu (1991) to Kutti Pisasu (2010).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Avvai Shanmughi; the 2010s to Kutti Pisasu. Nassar acted in every film; Deva scored all of them.
17 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 8 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2000s accounted for 8 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Avvai Shanmughi
- Priyamudan
- Virumbugiren
- Devathayai Kanden
- Kutti Pisasu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
17 films across 19 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Deva's screen credits are with Nassar. After Kutti Pisasu, Nassar kept going for 180 more films; Deva stepped back.
Before Marikkozhundhu, Nassar had starred in 15 films, including Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan (1989).
After Kutti Pisasu, Nassar went on to appear in 180 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Marikkozhundhu was Deva's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Deva's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 9 people again and again — a small repertory company. Manivannan appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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