Nassar & Rajendran Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Rajendran appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Arthanaari (2016 — 6.3/10). Films span Arthanaari (2016) through Sanga Thamizhan (2019).
The Nassar & Rajendran partnership
From Arthanaari (2016) to Sanga Thamizhan (2019). It started with Arthanaari (2016).
The shape of the work
Nassar acted in every film; Rajendran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Rajendran to director R. Panneerselvam for 'Arthanaari' (2016). Rajendran was hesitant to play a transgender character, but Nassar convinced him by saying the role would break his comedy image.
- In 'Sanga Thamizhan' (2019), Nassar deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in their shared scene to match Rajendran's rhythm. Rajendran later said that gesture made him feel like an equal performer, not just a sidekick.
- During the shoot of 'Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven' (2019), Nassar and Rajendran shared the same vanity van for three weeks. Rajendran would make Nassar laugh with old mimicry stories between takes, and Nassar would help him rehearse lines in English.
- Rajendran said in a 2020 interview: 'Nassar sir is the only co-star who never treated me like a comedian. He always said, "You are an actor first." That changed how I saw myself.'
- Their pairing in 'Arthanaari' (2016) directly led to Rajendran being cast in a dramatic role in the 2018 film 'Kadaikutty Singam' — a director saw their scene together and decided Rajendran could handle emotional weight.
3 films across 1 decade
- Arthanaari
- Sanga Thamizhan
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
When they first worked together, Nassar had 177 films behind them; Rajendran had 23.
Before Arthanaari, Nassar had starred in 177 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Anbe Sivam (2003).
After Sanga Thamizhan, Nassar went on to appear in 52 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Before Arthanaari, Rajendran had starred in 23 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Naan Kadavul (2009).
After Sanga Thamizhan, Rajendran went on to appear in 55 more films, including Chennai City Gangsters (2025) and Vimanam (2023).
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