Nassar & Anjali Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-16 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Anjali appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2011 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Gangs of Godavari (2024 — 7.0/10). Films span Maharaja (2011) through Gangs of Godavari (2024).
The Nassar & Anjali partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Gangs of Godavari (2024). They saved their best for last — Gangs of Godavari (7.0/10) came 13 years in. They didn't share a set between 2016 and 2024.
From Maharaja (2011) to Gangs of Godavari (2024). Their most recent film, Gangs of Godavari, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Maharaja; the 2020s to Gangs of Godavari. Nassar acted in every film; Anjali acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 2 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Nassar and Anjali first shared screen space in 'Maharaja' (2011) because the director wanted a father-daughter duo that felt genuinely warm — Nassar was only 47 then, but his salt-and-pepper look sold the age gap perfectly.
- In 'Dictator' (2016), Nassar played Anjali's on-screen father again, but this time he deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery in their emotional scenes — he told the director it would make Anjali's reactive pauses look more natural, and it worked.
- Their third film together, 'Gangs of Godavari' (2024), became a 50-crore hit — and it directly led to the production house greenlighting a spin-off series centered on Anjali's character, something that wouldn't have happened without the audience loving their father-daughter dynamic first.
- On the sets of all three films, Nassar would bring Anjali homemade filter coffee from his house in Chennai — she once said in an interview that it was the only thing that got her through the 5 AM call times in Hyderabad.
- Anjali told a Telugu news channel in 2024: 'Nassar sir doesn't just act with you — he listens to your breathing pattern and adjusts his pauses. That's why our scenes together feel like a real conversation.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2020s brought 1 film together, anchored by Gangs of Godavari (7.0/10).
- Maharaja
- Dictator
- Gangs of Godavari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nassar had 118 films behind them; Anjali had 10.
Before Maharaja, Nassar had starred in 118 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Gangs of Godavari, Nassar went on to appear in 12 more films, including Satluj (2026) and Euphoria (2026).
Before Maharaja, Anjali had starred in 10 films, including Angaadi Theru (2010) and Magizhchi (2010).
After Gangs of Godavari, Anjali went on to appear in 3 more films, including Parandhu Po (2025) and Game Changer (2025).
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