Nagesh - The Champion of Actors
In close to a millennium since cinema found its way as the premium entertainment media for TamilÂs few have left their indelible mark as the Champion of Actors, Nagesh. Here we take a look at some of the Comedy KingÂs successful combos with superstars who held him high in their esteem and were inspired by him.
Nagesh - KB
Old timers say that it was a pleasure just to see Nagesh and KB interact as they were so close even to the extent of exchanging choice curse words to each other. ÂServer SundaramÂ, ÂNeerkumizhiÂ, ÂEthir Neechal and ÂMajor Chandrakanth among others cemented NageshÂs position as the ultimate tragic-comedian.
Nagesh - MGR
The Makkal Thilagam gave equal space to Nagesh in many movies, amongst which ÂAayirathil Oruvan and ÂAnbe Vaa standout. Later, after a long fall out Nagesh again joined MGR in his directorial magnum opus of that time ÂUlagam Suttrum ValibanÂ.
Nagesh's leading ladies Sachu & Manorama
As a hero Nagesh has paired opposite the top actress of his time K. R. Vijaya in ÂAnubavi Raja Anubavi but it was Sachu and Manorama, who did maximum films as his love interest. The Manorama-Nagesh combo rocked in ÂAnbe VaaÂ, ÂAnubavi Raja Anubavi etc and with Sachu who can ever forget the cult classic comedy ÂKadhalikka NeramillaiÂ.
Nagesh with the Black and White Heroes
Nagesh enjoyed playing the parallel lead or the sidekick with most of the Black and White era heroes such as Gemini Ganesan,Muthuraman Jai Shankar, Ravichandran, Sivakumar, AVM Rajan and Vijayakumar to name a few.
Nagesh with the 80s heroes
Prabhu in ÂRaja Kaiya VachaÂ, Karthick in ÂGopura VasalileÂ, Vijaykanth in ÂCooliekaranÂ, Sathyaraj in ÂMakkal En PakkamÂ, Sarathkumar in ÂCheran Pandian and Arjun in ÂRhythm have shared screen space with Nagesh.
Nagesh with Modern era heroes
It can be said that both Vijay and Ajith are lucky to have starred with Nagesh in ÂPoove Unakkaga and ÂPoovellam Un Vaasam respectively. Similarly Nagesh has acted as SimbuÂs grandfather in ÂSaravanaÂ, MadhavanÂs in ÂMinnale and DhanushÂs foster father in ÂKadhal KondeinÂ.
Nagesh - Rajini
Superstar Rajinikanth considers Nagesh as one of his role models and has collaborated with him in ÂThillu MulluÂ, ÂPadikadhavan and ÂMaaveeran in the color era and also many others in the black and white period. Nagesh was recreated using CGI in the Thalaivar movie ÂKochadaiyaan directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth.
Nagesh - Kamal
It can be said that Kamal, who reveres Nagesh virtually forced him from retirement by giving him a meaty role as the villain in ÂApoorva Sagodharargal and repeated him in most of his later day films, ÂMichael Madana KamarajanÂ, ÂVasool Raja MBBSÂ, ÂPanchathanthiramÂ, ÂKadhala KadhalaÂ, ÂAvvai Shanmugi and the legendÂs last movie ÂDasavatharamÂ.
Nagesh-Sivaji
The Nagesh-Sivaji combo is perhaps the most formidable in the history of Tamil cinema as evidenced in the timeless classics ÂThiruvilayadal in which they portrayed Dharumi and Lord Siva and their immortal Vaidhy and Sikkal Shanmugam in ÂThillana MohanmbalÂ. Nagesh played SivajiÂs son in two classic films ÂVietnam Veedu and ÂEnga Ooru Raja and their lighter vein comedies ÂGalatta Kalyanam and ÂMoondru Deivangal are favorites even today.
Nagesh - The Champion of Actors
In close to a millennium since cinema found its way as the premium entertainment media for TamilÂs few have left their indelible mark as the Champion of Actors, Nagesh. Here we take a look at some of the Comedy KingÂs successful combos with superstars who held him high in their esteem and were inspired by him.
Nagesh - KB
Old timers say that it was a pleasure just to see Nagesh and KB interact as they were so close even to the extent of exchanging choice curse words to each other. ÂServer SundaramÂ, ÂNeerkumizhiÂ, ÂEthir Neechal and ÂMajor Chandrakanth among others cemented NageshÂs position as the ultimate tragic-comedian.
Nagesh - MGR
The Makkal Thilagam gave equal space to Nagesh in many movies, amongst which ÂAayirathil Oruvan and ÂAnbe Vaa standout. Later, after a long fall out Nagesh again joined MGR in his directorial magnum opus of that time ÂUlagam Suttrum ValibanÂ.
Nagesh's leading ladies Sachu & Manorama
As a hero Nagesh has paired opposite the top actress of his time K. R. Vijaya in ÂAnubavi Raja Anubavi but it was Sachu and Manorama, who did maximum films as his love interest. The Manorama-Nagesh combo rocked in ÂAnbe VaaÂ, ÂAnubavi Raja Anubavi etc and with Sachu who can ever forget the cult classic comedy ÂKadhalikka NeramillaiÂ.
Nagesh with the Black and White Heroes
Nagesh enjoyed playing the parallel lead or the sidekick with most of the Black and White era heroes such as Gemini Ganesan,Muthuraman Jai Shankar, Ravichandran, Sivakumar, AVM Rajan and Vijayakumar to name a few.
Nagesh with the 80s heroes
Prabhu in ÂRaja Kaiya VachaÂ, Karthick in ÂGopura VasalileÂ, Vijaykanth in ÂCooliekaranÂ, Sathyaraj in ÂMakkal En PakkamÂ, Sarathkumar in ÂCheran Pandian and Arjun in ÂRhythm have shared screen space with Nagesh.
Nagesh with Modern era heroes
It can be said that both Vijay and Ajith are lucky to have starred with Nagesh in ÂPoove Unakkaga and ÂPoovellam Un Vaasam respectively. Similarly Nagesh has acted as SimbuÂs grandfather in ÂSaravanaÂ, MadhavanÂs in ÂMinnale and DhanushÂs foster father in ÂKadhal KondeinÂ.
Nagesh - Rajini
Superstar Rajinikanth considers Nagesh as one of his role models and has collaborated with him in ÂThillu MulluÂ, ÂPadikadhavan and ÂMaaveeran in the color era and also many others in the black and white period. Nagesh was recreated using CGI in the Thalaivar movie ÂKochadaiyaan directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth.
Nagesh - Kamal
It can be said that Kamal, who reveres Nagesh virtually forced him from retirement by giving him a meaty role as the villain in ÂApoorva Sagodharargal and repeated him in most of his later day films, ÂMichael Madana KamarajanÂ, ÂVasool Raja MBBSÂ, ÂPanchathanthiramÂ, ÂKadhala KadhalaÂ, ÂAvvai Shanmugi and the legendÂs last movie ÂDasavatharamÂ.
Nagesh-Sivaji
The Nagesh-Sivaji combo is perhaps the most formidable in the history of Tamil cinema as evidenced in the timeless classics ÂThiruvilayadal in which they portrayed Dharumi and Lord Siva and their immortal Vaidhy and Sikkal Shanmugam in ÂThillana MohanmbalÂ. Nagesh played SivajiÂs son in two classic films ÂVietnam Veedu and ÂEnga Ooru Raja and their lighter vein comedies ÂGalatta Kalyanam and ÂMoondru Deivangal are favorites even today.
In close to a millennium since cinema found its way as the premium entertainment media for TamilÂs few have left their indelible mark as the Champion of Actors, Nagesh.
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