Nassar & Priya Anand Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Priya Anand appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2010 and 2022. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kootathil Oruthan (2017 — 7.3/10). Films span Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010) through Maha (2022).
The Nassar & Priya Anand partnership
From Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010) to Maha (2022). Kootathil Oruthan is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Rama Rama Krishna Krishna (2010).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Kootathil Oruthan; the 2020s to Maha. Nassar acted in every film; Priya Anand acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Priya Anand to director A. L. Vijay for 'Rama Rama Krishna Krishna' (2010) after seeing her audition tape. He told the team she had the right 'innocence and fire' for the role.
- In 'Kootathil Oruthan' (2017), Nassar deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in their scenes together. He later said he did this so Priya Anand's reactions would land harder — he was essentially setting the pace for her to steal the moment.
- Priya Anand has said in interviews that Nassar would call her the night before every shoot of theirs to discuss the scene's subtext. She called him her 'unofficial acting coach' on all four films.
- Priya Anand once said about Nassar: 'He doesn't just act with you — he listens to you. That silence between his lines is where I learned to act.'
- Their pairing in 'Oru Oorla Rendu Raja' (2014) was so well-received that the director, R. K. Selvamani, wrote a completely new second half for them after seeing their rushes — something he had never done before in his career.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 3 films together, anchored by Kootathil Oruthan (7.3/10).
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.8/10.
- Kootathil Oruthan
- Rama Rama Krishna Krishna
- Maha
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 12 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
40% of Priya Anand's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 115 films behind them; Priya Anand had 1. After Maha, Nassar kept going for 25 more films; Priya Anand stepped back.
Before Rama Rama Krishna Krishna, Nassar had starred in 115 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Maha, Nassar went on to appear in 25 more films, including 800 (2023) and Hi Nanna (2023).
Before Rama Rama Krishna Krishna, Priya Anand had starred in 1 film, including Vaamanan (2009).
After Maha, Priya Anand went on to appear in 5 more films, including Leo (2023) and Kasethan Kadavulada (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Priya Anand's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anupama Kumar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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