Nandha Periyasaamy & Ravi Mariya Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nandha Periyasaamy and Ravi Mariya appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2010 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maathi Yosi (2010 — 6.5/10). Films span Maathi Yosi (2010) through Jigina (2015).
The Nandha Periyasaamy & Ravi Mariya partnership
From Maathi Yosi (2010) to Jigina (2015). It started with Maathi Yosi (2010).
The shape of the work
Nandha Periyasaamy directed every film; Ravi Mariya acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ravi Mariya cast Nandha Periyasaamy as the lead in Maathi Yosi (2010) after seeing him in a stage play. Nandha was a theatre actor with zero film experience at the time.
- On the sets of Azhagan Azhagi (2013), Ravi Mariya let Nandha rewrite his own dialogues in colloquial Tamil. Nandha’s natural speech patterns became the film’s comic backbone.
- During Jigina (2015), Ravi Mariya and Nandha had a falling out over the film’s final edit. Nandha wanted a darker ending; Ravi went with a commercial one. They haven’t worked together since.
- Ravi Mariya once said in an interview: 'Nandha doesn't act — he lives the character. I just had to point the camera at him.'
- The success of Maathi Yosi (2010) directly led to Nandha being cast in his next big break, Soodhu Kavvum (2013). Ravi Mariya recommended him to director Nalan Kumarasamy.
- In Jigina (2015), Ravi Mariya shot Nandha’s emotional breakdown scene in one continuous 12-minute take. Nandha improvised the entire monologue. Ravi kept the camera rolling without a cut.
3 films across 1 decade
- Maathi Yosi
- Azhagan Azhagi0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Jigina, Ravi Mariya kept going for 28 more films; Nandha Periyasaamy stepped back.
Before Maathi Yosi, Nandha Periyasaamy had directed 1 film, including Oru Kalluriyin Kathai (2005).
Before Maathi Yosi, Ravi Mariya had starred in 9 films, including Veyil (2006) and New (2004).
After Jigina, Ravi Mariya went on to appear in 28 more films, including Naan Sirithal (2020) and Idiot (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nandha Periyasaamy & Ravi Mariya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Nandha Periyasaamy & Ravi Mariya's films together
