Premgi Amaran & Nithin Sathya Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Premgi Amaran and Nithin Sathya appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2007 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chennai 600028 (2007 — 7.6/10). Films span Chennai 600028 (2007) through Party (2017).
The Premgi Amaran & Nithin Sathya partnership
Remarkably even — every film rates between 6.5 and 7.6. After 8 years apart, they came back together for Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016). They didn't share a set between 2008 and 2016.
From Chennai 600028 (2007) to Party (2017). Chennai 600028 is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Chennai 600028; the 2010s to Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings. Premgi Amaran actor in some, music composer in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Premgi Amaran was the one who convinced director Venkat Prabhu to cast Nithin Sathya in Chennai 600028 (2007). Nithin was a newcomer with no film experience, but Premgi saw him at a cricket match and told Venkat, 'This guy looks like he belongs on the field.' That gut call landed Nithin the role of 'Kuli' — the character that made him a household name.
- On the sets of Thozha (2008), Premgi Amaran would improvise entire comedy sequences on the spot, and Nithin Sathya would react in real time — no rehearsals. Premgi once said in a behind-the-scenes video that Nithin's natural timing made him look funnier than he actually was. Their banter in that film's hospital scene was entirely unscripted.
- The success of Chennai 600028 (2007) directly launched the 'friendship cricket comedy' subgenre in Tamil cinema. Films like Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009) and Jil Jung Juk (2016) owe their tone to the easy, natural camaraderie that Premgi and Nithin established on screen. Without their pairing, that whole wave of sports-comedy films might not have happened.
- Premgi Amaran and Nithin Sathya have been close friends since before Chennai 600028. They used to play street cricket together in Chennai's suburbs. Even after the films ended, they remained tight — Nithin was one of the first people Premgi called when he decided to become a full-time music composer in 2015.
- Nithin Sathya once said about Premgi Amaran: 'He doesn't act with you — he plays with you. Every scene with him felt like we were back on the cricket ground, just passing the ball back and forth.' He said this in a 2016 interview ahead of Chennai 600028 II.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s brought 3 films together, anchored by Chennai 600028 (7.6/10).
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.8/10.
- Chennai 600028
- Satham Podathey
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
- Party0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Nithin Sathya's screen credits are with Premgi Amaran.
Before Chennai 600028, Premgi Amaran had starred in 1 film, including Vallavan (2006).
After Party, Premgi Amaran went on to appear in 15 more films, including Simba (2019) and Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum (2019).
Before Chennai 600028, Nithin Sathya had starred in 2 films, including Majaa (2005) and Kalatpadai (2003).
After Party, Nithin Sathya went on to appear in 3 more films, including Dhadha (2022) and 90 ML (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Premgi Amaran & Nithin Sathya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ajay Raj is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Ajay Raj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored 3 of them.
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