Nassar & Suman Ranganathan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Suman Ranganathan appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 1991 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kabadadaari (2021 — 8.1/10). Films span Maanagara Kaaval (1991) through Kapatadhaari (2021).
The Nassar & Suman Ranganathan partnership
After 29 years apart, they came back together for Kabadathaari (2021). They didn't share a set between 1992 and 2021. 2021 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
They saved their best for last — Kabadadaari (8.1/10) came 30 years in. From Maanagara Kaaval (1991) to Kapatadhaari (2021).
The shape of the work
The 2020s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Maanagara Kaaval; the 2020s to Kabadadaari. Nassar acted in every film; Suman Ranganathan acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
5 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.1/10.
The 2020s brought 3 films together, anchored by Kabadadaari (8.1/10).
- Maanagara Kaaval
- Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren0
- Kabadadaari
- Kapatadhaari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 30 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
71% of Suman Ranganathan's screen credits are with Nassar. After Kapatadhaari, Nassar kept going for 41 more films; Suman Ranganathan stepped back.
Before Maanagara Kaaval, Nassar had starred in 15 films, including Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and En Purushan Than Enakku Mattundhan (1989).
After Kapatadhaari, Nassar went on to appear in 41 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Maanagara Kaaval, Suman Ranganathan had starred in 2 films, including 20va Sathabdam (1990) and Pudhu Pattu (1990).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Suman Ranganathan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jayaprakash is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Jayaprakash appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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