
Acting
Mar 4, 1958
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India
Nassar
Acting
Biography
M. Nassar is an Indian film actor, director and producer, who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He is the incumbent president of the Nadigar Sangam. Nassar made his acting debut in K. Balachander's Kalyana Agathigal (1985) portraying a secondary supporting role, before moving on to play villainous roles in S. P. Muthuraman's Velaikaran (1987) and Vanna Kanavugal. He played the protagonist in Yuhi Sethu's Kavithai Paada Neramillai, though his breakthrough role came through his performance as a police officer in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan. He subsequently became a regular in Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's ventures, appearing in pivotal character roles in Roja, Thevar Magan (1992), Bombay (1994) and Kuruthipunal (1995). Nassar made his directorial debut with Avatharam (1995), a film based on the backdrop of a folk art troupe. The film won critical acclaim, but failed to become a commercially successful venture.
Feature Films (558)

A father who works as a peon in an office strives to ensure that his son fulfils his dreams. Later, his son falls in love with a girl and starts to rebel against his father.
College Kumar

The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aaditha Karikalan, his younger brother Arunmozhi Varman and the emperor, Sundara Cholar separated by situations, it is up to a messenger to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Can he succeed in his mission, especially with Karikalan's former girlfriend, Nandhini, plotting to bring down the entire Chola empire?
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I

Chinnu and Anuradha, two childhood friends who are in love with each other, are seperated at an early age. Years later, fate brings them together in an unexpected way.
Thithikudhe

Vijay enjoys the good life: happily married, wealthy and a beautiful daughter. However, one summer, when his daughter brings a friend back to stay, their familial bliss is shattered.
Nishabd

Quick Gun Murugun is an unlikely Superhero with Guntastic powers. He is a Sincere South Indian Cowboy who considers it his duty to serve and protect. The movie revolves around mis-adventures of Quick Gun Murugun and his fight with his arch villain Rice Plate Reddy!
Quick Gun Murugan

Jobless since four years despite being well-educated, a young man heads to Nallamala forest with his father to help him with konda polam. Will he come out a changed man?
Konda Polam

The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.
Jeans

Roja, a simple girl from a village in Tamil Nadu, makes desperate efforts to find her husband, Rishi, after he is kidnapped by militants during a secret undercover mission in Kashmir.
Roja

A psychopath, who claims to be a saviour for men, murders women who are involved in more than one relationship. Who is he, and what made him such a monster?
Bagheera

When a pretty girl who's about to pass away soon falls for a small time thief, he struggles to come to terms with it.
Sadha Nannu Nadipe

A struggling young musician, along with his two friends, with the help of a quantum physicist goes back in time to prevent the death of his mother. What happens next?
Kanam
Television & Series (7)

A sudden call brings back Priya, a financial analyst from London to Odisha. A series of strange events follow as she sets on the search for her missing father, an activist who was imprisoned for siding with an indigenous tribe. Against the backdrop of bauxite mining, unexplained deaths and displaced tribals, Priya discovers an international nexus connecting various cities and Jengaburu. Why is the small mining town of Jengaburu at the epicentre of this?
The Jengaburu Curse

Swathi dreams of owning a restaurant. But when a murder derails her plan, she and her lover take an outrageous step — to replace him with her husband.
Killer Soup

Vivek, a diligent cop, takes charge of the investigation of the murder of a beautiful young girl, Velonie. The rumours about her that spring up post her death threatens to irrevocably damage Velonie's image, Vivek must wade through a web of half-truths and confusing leads to solve the case.
Vadhandhi

Set in the 70s, the period action drama is a tale of revenge and a bloody power struggle within the first organized gang of a port city.
Gangs Kuruthi Punal

Four different people fall victim to their situations and must face the consequences of their actions. The choices they now make will define their outcomes.



