Nithya Menen & Dhanush Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nithya Menen and Dhanush appeared together in 2 Tamil films between 2022 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Thiruchitrambalam (2022 — 7.8/10). Films span Thiruchitrambalam (2022) through Idli Kadai (2025).
The Nithya Menen & Dhanush partnership
From Thiruchitrambalam (2022) to Idli Kadai (2025). Their most recent film, Idli Kadai, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active. Thiruchitrambalam is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Thiruchitrambalam (2022).
The shape of the work
Nithya Menen acted in every film; Dhanush acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Thiruchitrambalam
- Idli Kadai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 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
By the time of Thiruchitrambalam, both already had careers — Nithya Menen with 36 films, Dhanush with 49.
Before Thiruchitrambalam, Nithya Menen had starred in 36 films, including RRR (2021) and Mersal (2017).
Before Thiruchitrambalam, Dhanush had starred in 49 films, including Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Karnan (2021).
After Idli Kadai, Dhanush went on to appear in 1 more film, including Kara (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nithya Menen & Dhanush's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aadukalam Naren is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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