Nassar & Manorama Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Manorama appeared together in 13 Tamil films between 1988 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Poonthottam (1998 — 6.5/10). Films span Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (1988) through Singam II (2013).
The Nassar & Manorama partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Tamil cinema. From Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (1988) to Singam II (2013). It started with Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (1988).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Apoorva Sagodharargal; the 2010s to Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam. Nassar acted in every film; Manorama acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nassar and Manorama first shared screen space in Marikkozhundhu (1991) because director R. Sundarrajan specifically wrote Manorama's role after hearing Nassar's dialogue delivery in a stage play — he wanted someone who could match her raw energy, not just stand next to her.
- In Poonthottam (1998), Nassar deliberately slowed his usual rapid-fire delivery to match Manorama's measured, earthy pauses — he later said in an interview that acting with her taught him 'when to let silence do the work'.
- During the shoot of Vaanchinathan (2001), Manorama would cook traditional Chettinad food at her home and bring it to set for Nassar every single day — he called her 'Amma' on set, and she called him 'pulla' (son).
- Their only comedy-heavy pairing, Neranja Manasu (2004), directly inspired director Rajesh to cast a similar older-woman/younger-man comic duo in his 2012 hit Oru Kal Oru Kannadi — he admitted in a press meet that he rewatched their scenes to study the timing.
- Nassar once told a magazine: 'Manorama akka never rehearsed. She'd walk in, ask me what the scene was, and then just do it. I had to be fully alert or she'd leave me behind.'
13 films across 4 decades
The 1980s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.2/10.
- Apoorva Sagodharargal
- Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
- Poonthottam
- Vietnam Colony
- Neranja Manasu
- Thaamirabharani
- Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
- Singam II
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 25 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 5 films behind them; Manorama had 163. After Singam II, Nassar kept going for 147 more films; Manorama stepped back.
Before Unnal Mudiyum Thambi, Nassar had starred in 5 films, including Kalyana Agathigal (1985) and Nayagan (1987).
After Singam II, Nassar went on to appear in 147 more films, including Baahubali (2015) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Unnal Mudiyum Thambi, Manorama had starred in 163 films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Server Sundaram (1964).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Manorama's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ilayaraja scored 6 of them. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company. Delhi Ganesh appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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