Nassar & Nagesh Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Nagesh appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 1989 and 2007. Their highest-rated collaboration was Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989 — 5.9/10). Films span Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989) through Nenjai Thodu (2007).
The Nassar & Nagesh partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Nenjai Thodu (2007). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 1998 and 2007.
From Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989) to Nenjai Thodu (2007). It started with Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989).
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Apoorva Sagodharargal; the 2000s to Nenjai Thodu. Nassar acted in every film; Nagesh acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nagesh was the first choice for the role of the villainous lawyer in Avvai Shanmughi (1996). But he was recovering from a stroke. Nassar stepped in, and the two never actually shared a single frame in that film — Nagesh's scenes were shot separately and edited in.
- In Desiya Geetham (1998), Nagesh played a comedic sidekick to Nassar's lead. Nagesh improvised most of his lines on set, and Nassar later said he had to fight to keep his own composure during their scenes because Nagesh kept making him laugh mid-take.
- Nassar visited Nagesh regularly during his stroke recovery in the mid-1990s. When Nagesh finally returned to acting in Avvai Shanmughi, Nassar personally drove him to the set every day and helped him rehearse his lines.
- Nassar once said about Nagesh: 'He taught me that comedy is not about making people laugh — it's about making them forget they are watching a film.'
- Their only direct scene together in Nenjai Thodu (2007) was a courtroom sequence. That scene was later referenced by director K. S. Ravikumar as the inspiration for the comedy court scenes in his 2010 film Manmadan Ambu.
6 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.9/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
- Apoorva Sagodharargal
- Avvai Shanmughi
- Magalir Mattum
- Nenjai Thodu0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 18 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 7 films behind them; Nagesh had 241. After Nenjai Thodu, Nassar kept going for 194 more films; Nagesh stepped back.
Before Apoorva Sagodharargal, Nassar had starred in 7 films, including Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and Nayagan (1987).
After Nenjai Thodu, Nassar went on to appear in 194 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Apoorva Sagodharargal, Nagesh had starred in 241 films, including Thiruvilaiyadal (1965) and Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976).
After Nenjai Thodu, Nagesh went on to appear in 5 more films, including Kaantha (2025) and Dasavathaaram (2008).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Nagesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja is the through-line — music on 4 of their 6 films. Kamal Haasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 4 of them.
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