Cast & Crew Collaborators
A. P. Nagarajan
A. P. Nagarajan Cast, Crew & Frequent Collaborators
A. P. Nagarajan's collaborators
A. P. Nagarajan's most frequent music director is K. V. Mahadevan — 14 on-screen meetings. From 1962 (with Sivaji Ganesan) to 1977 (with Sivakumar). Padmini averages 8.1/10 across 7 films with A. P. Nagarajan — the highest-rated active pairing.
14 different collaborators have shared three or more films with A. P. Nagarajan — a deep bench of returning faces.
As of July 2026.
Collaborator network
Top 12 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.
Strongest pairings
K. V. Mahadevan pulls ahead of every other pairing — outscoring the next-strongest pairing by 94%.
Top pairings compared
K. V. Mahadevan leads on count, rating, and recency — the strongest pairing on every metric the table tracks.
| Metric | K. V. Mahadevan | Sivakumar | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | Sivaji Ganesan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 14 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| Avg rating | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| First | 1962 | 1967 | 1969 | 1962 |
| Latest | 1977 | 1977 | 1977 | 1973 |
| Best film | Thiruvilaiyadal | Kandan Karunai | Agathiyar | Thiruvilaiyadal |
Top Co-Actors of A. P. Nagarajan
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Music Directors Who Worked with A. P. Nagarajan
Multi-decade partnerships
K. V. Mahadevan is the only collaborator who has worked with A. P. Nagarajan in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — Padmini, Nagesh, and Savitri sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.