Why aren’t successful director-actor combos doing more films? The late director Sasikumar and Malayalam cinema’s first superstar, Prem Nazir, worked together in 84 films from the early-1960s to the mid-1980s. Sasikumar holds the world record for directing as many as 141 films, while Prem Nazir holds the record for playing hero in 600-plus films! Tamil film historian and producer G. Dhananjayan says, “Tamil cinema has seen such combinations too, starting from the late 1950s. The Ajith-Siva combo has been doing back-to-back films with Veeram, Vedalam, and now, Thala 57.

Source: The Hindu September 18, 2016 09:22 UTC