Kamal Haasan again gave a brilliant role for Nagesh in the comedy flick "Michael Madana Kama Rajan". Nagesh played the dishonest secretary Avinashi, who commissions a look-alike, Kameswaran to impersonate his boss, Madan, and lend him money from Madan's account. He even played a cadaver in Kamal Haasan's 1994 film "Magalir Mattum". His journey with Kamal Haasan continued. Director Priyadarshan gave Nagesh a good role in "Gopura Vasalile". Nagesh was very selective of the projects he did from 1990s. His performances in "Indrudu Chandrudu, Pudhu Pudhu Ragangal, Raja Kaiya Vacha, Cheran Pandiyan, Thalapathi, Putham Pudhu Payanam, Purushan Enakku Arasan, Rickshaw Mama, Amma Ponnu, Nammavar, Marumagan, Gandeevam, Poove Unakkaga, Pagaivan, Thadayam, Ayudha Poojai, Poove Unakkaga"and "Desiya Geetham" were appreciated in the 1990s.