Nassar & Hari Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Hari appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2002 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vel (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Thamizh (2002) through Si3 (2017).
The Nassar & Hari partnership
From Thamizh (2002) to Si3 (2017). It started with Thamizh (2002).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Vel; the 2010s to Singam II. Nassar acted in every film; Hari directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- After Si3 (2017) flopped, Nassar and Hari stopped working together. Neither has publicly discussed why, but industry insiders say Hari felt the script didn't do justice to Nassar's talent and quietly moved on.
- Hari once told a magazine: 'Nassar sir doesn't act — he lives the character. On Vel, I just set the camera and let him breathe.'
- For Kovil (2004), Hari was a relatively new director looking for a fresh face. He cast Nassar in a key supporting role after being impressed by his work in Nayakan — but the two had never met before the first day of shoot.
- On the sets of Vel (2007), Hari gave Nassar complete freedom to improvise his dialogue as the village elder. Nassar's natural, unscripted pauses and gestures became the scene's emotional anchor — something Hari later said he couldn't have directed.
- The success of Kovil (2004) directly led to Hari casting Nassar again in Vel (2007), and that film's strong box office run helped solidify Hari's reputation as a reliable commercial director in the mid-2000s.
6 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
- Vel
- Kovil
- Singam II
- Si3
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
60% of Hari's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 65 films behind them; Hari had 1. After Si3, Nassar kept going for 75 more films; Hari stepped back.
Before Thamizh, Nassar had starred in 65 films, including Mugam (1999) and Indira (1995).
After Si3, Nassar went on to appear in 75 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Thamizh, Hari had directed 1 film, including Qatil Jawani (1990).
After Si3, Hari went on to direct 3 more films, including Varisu (2023) and Yaanai (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Hari's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Priyan is the through-line — cinematography on 4 of their 6 films. Charlie appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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