Nassar & Harsha Vardhan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Harsha Vardhan appeared together in 5 Telugu films between 2010 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Naa Saami Ranga (2024 — 7.1/10). Films span Varudu (2010) through Naa Saami Ranga (2024).
The Nassar & Harsha Vardhan partnership
They saved their best for last — Naa Saami Ranga (7.1/10) came 14 years in. From Varudu (2010) to Naa Saami Ranga (2024). Their most recent film, Naa Saami Ranga, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
Naa Saami Ranga is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Varudu (2010).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Koottam; the 2020s to Naa Saami Ranga. Nassar acted in every film; Harsha Vardhan acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.
Partnership facts
- Nassar and Harsha Vardhan first shared screen space in Varudu (2010), but they didn't share a single scene together. The director, Gunasekhar, cast them in separate tracks. They only properly acted opposite each other four years later in Koottam (2014).
- In 118 (2019), Nassar played the villain and Harsha Vardhan played the hero. Their face-off in the climax was shot in one continuous 12-minute take. Nassar later said Harsha's intensity forced him to drop his usual theatrical style and go completely internal.
- During the shoot of Naa Saami Ranga (2024), Nassar would cook biryani for the entire unit every Sunday. Harsha Vardhan, who is a strict vegetarian, would bring his own dal and eat with Nassar's biryani on the side. They called it 'the compromise plate'.
- "Nassar sir doesn't rehearse. He just walks in and does it. That scared me in 118. But by Naa Saami Ranga, I learned to trust the moment because he never drops the ball." — Harsha Vardhan, in a 2024 interview with The Hindu.
- The success of 118 (2019) — a rare Telugu sci-fi thriller — directly led to producer K. S. Rama Rao greenlighting another genre-bending film with the same writer. That film was Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019), which launched a new wave of quirky detective stories in Telugu.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by Naa Saami Ranga (7.1/10).
- Koottam
- 118
- Naa Saami Ranga
- Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Harsha Vardhan's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 115 films behind them; Harsha Vardhan had 1.
Before Varudu, Nassar had starred in 115 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Naa Saami Ranga, Nassar went on to appear in 9 more films, including Euphoria (2026) and Tanvi the Great (2025).
Before Varudu, Harsha Vardhan had starred in 1 film, including Aithe (2003).
After Naa Saami Ranga, Harsha Vardhan went on to appear in 8 more films, including Court: State vs. A Nobody (2025) and Andhra King Taluka (2025).
Collaboration Journey
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