Nassar & Sampath Raj Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Sampath Raj appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2004 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016 — 6.6/10). Films span Neranja Manasu (2004) through Red (2021).
The Nassar & Sampath Raj partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Biriyani (2013). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 2004 and 2013.
From Neranja Manasu (2004) to Red (2021). It started with Neranja Manasu (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Neranja Manasu; the 2020s to Red. Nassar acted in every film; Sampath Raj acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 3 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Sampath Raj to director Kalyan Krishna Kurasala for Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016). He had seen Sampath's work in Tamil and told the director, 'This guy will bring the right menace.' That call got Sampath his first major Telugu villain role.
- In Soggade Chinni Nayana, Nassar played the comic-relief sidekick while Sampath played the cold antagonist. They never shared a single dialogue face-to-face in the film. Their entire conflict was built through third-party reactions — a rare choice that made the climax confrontation hit harder.
- During the shoot of Party (2017), Nassar and Sampath Raj stayed in the same hotel room for three weeks. Sampath later said Nassar would wake him up at 5 AM to practice Telugu dialogues together, correcting his diction line by line before call time.
- Sampath Raj said in a 2019 interview: 'Nassar sir doesn't treat you like a co-star. He treats you like a student. On Voter set, he made me re-shoot a single reaction shot seven times because he said my anger looked 'too Tamil'. He wanted the Telugu nativity.'
- Because of their pairing in Voter (2019), the film's director M.S. Ravi got a greenlight for a sequel — Voter 2 — which was announced in 2020. That sequel exists only because the Nassar-Sampath dynamic tested well with audiences in the first film.
- In Party (2017), Nassar improvised a scene where he slaps Sampath Raj mid-dialogue. Sampath didn't flinch — he stayed in character and delivered his next line without breaking eye contact. The director kept the take because that real shock on Sampath's face sold the moment.
6 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.1/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Neranja Manasu
- Soggade Chinni Nayana
- Biriyani
- Red
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
30% of Sampath Raj's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 78 films behind them; Sampath Raj had 1. After Red, Nassar kept going for 41 more films; Sampath Raj stepped back.
Before Neranja Manasu, Nassar had starred in 78 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Mugam (1999).
After Red, Nassar went on to appear in 41 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Neranja Manasu, Sampath Raj had starred in 1 film, including Magudam (1992).
After Red, Sampath Raj went on to appear in 13 more films, including Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022) and Funky (2026).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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