Thirumalai Mahalingam
Cast & Crew Collaborators
Thirumalai Mahalingam
6Co-Stars
2Music Directors
5Films with Nagesh
Thirumalai Mahalingam Cast, Crew & Frequent Collaborators
Thirumalai Mahalingam's collaborators
Thirumalai Mahalingam's most frequent co-actor is Nagesh — 5 films together.
As of July 2026.
Collaborator network
Top 8 collaborators by composite strength score. Distance reflects strength; edge thickness reflects film count; warmer edges are more recent.
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Most acclaimed pairing
Thirumalai Mahalingam × T. K. Ramamoorthy
2 films·avg 7.8/10
Longest running
Thirumalai Mahalingam × Nagesh
8+ years·2 decades
Strongest pairings
Nagesh leads the pack with daylight to spare — outscoring the next-strongest pairing by 120%.
8Total Cast & Crew
5Most films with Nagesh
2Role categories
Top pairings compared
Nagesh leads on count, rating, and recency — the strongest pairing on every metric the table tracks.
| Metric | Nagesh | Vijaya Nirmala | Ravichandran | M. S. Viswanathan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Films together | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Avg rating | 7.7 | 7.5 | — | — |
| First | 1966 | 1968 | 1966 | 1968 |
| Latest | 1974 | 1974 | 1974 | 1974 |
| Best film | Alayam | Neelagiri Express | — | — |
Role
Top Co-Actors of Thirumalai Mahalingam
Music Directors Who Worked with Thirumalai Mahalingam
Multi-decade partnerships
Nagesh is the only collaborator who has worked with Thirumalai Mahalingam in every decade of her career.
Most acclaimed pairings
5 pairings cluster above 7.5/10 — T. K. Ramamoorthy, Nagesh, and Vijaya Nirmala sit at the top of a high bar nothing else in the catalogue reaches.
Collaboration by Decade
1960s
13 films
★ 7.6
Nagesh, Ravichandran, Vijaya Nirmala
1970s
7 films
Nagesh, Ravichandran, Vijaya Nirmala