Nassar & Sanjay Bharati Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Sanjay Bharati appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kootathil Oruthan (2017 — 7.3/10). Films span Devi (2016) through Devi 2 (2019).
The Nassar & Sanjay Bharati partnership
From Devi (2016) to Devi 2 (2019). Kootathil Oruthan is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Devi (2016).
The shape of the work
Nassar acted in every film; Sanjay Bharati acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Sanjay Bharati to director A. L. Vijay for 'Devi' (2016). Vijay was looking for a fresh face to play the male lead opposite a superstar like Tamannaah, and Nassar insisted that Sanjay had the right comic timing for the role.
- In 'Kootathil Oruthan' (2017), Nassar played Sanjay's on-screen father. Sanjay later said that Nassar would deliberately flub his lines during rehearsals to make him laugh, then use that nervous energy to get a more natural, raw performance out of him in the actual take.
- Nassar and Sanjay Bharati share a real-life guru-shishya bond. Nassar mentored Sanjay at his acting school, the 'Nassar School of Acting', before they ever worked on a film together. Sanjay still calls him 'Sir' on set.
- Sanjay Bharati told a behind-the-scenes interviewer: 'Nassar sir doesn't just act with you — he directs you from inside the scene. In 'Devi 2', he whispered the exact pause I needed before my punchline. That's why the comedy worked.'
- The success of 'Devi 2' (2019) — despite its low IMDb score — directly led to Sanjay Bharati being cast as the lead in the 2021 horror-comedy 'Oh My Kadavule', a film that Nassar did not act in but recommended him for to the director.
3 films across 1 decade
- Kootathil Oruthan
- Devi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Sanjay Bharati's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 177 films behind them; Sanjay Bharati had 4. After Devi 2 , Nassar kept going for 52 more films; Sanjay Bharati stepped back.
Before Devi, Nassar had starred in 177 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Anbe Sivam (2003).
After Devi 2 , Nassar went on to appear in 52 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Devi, Sanjay Bharati had starred in 4 films, including Jeeva (2014) and Jannal Oram (2013).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Sanjay Bharati's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Murli Sharma is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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