Jayaprakash & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jayaprakash and Yogi Babu appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2017 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aranmanai 4 (2024 — 6.9/10). Films span Mannar Vagera (2017) through Aranmanai 4 (2024).
The Jayaprakash & Yogi Babu partnership
Between 2017 and 2024, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 7 years. For 7 years, a Jayaprakash–Yogi film arrived almost every year. They saved their best for last — Aranmanai 4 (6.9/10) came 7 years in.
From Mannar Vagera (2017) to Aranmanai 4 (2024). Their most recent film, Aranmanai 4, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Airaa; the 2020s to Aranmanai 4. Jayaprakash acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Yogi Babu was the one who pushed for Jayaprakash to be cast in 'Mannar Vagera' (2017). The director wanted a younger actor for the role, but Yogi insisted Jayaprakash's deadpan timing would sell the comedy. He was right.
- In 'Jeyikkira Kuthira' (2017), Jayaprakash played the straight man to Yogi Babu's chaos. Jayaprakash would deliberately pause his lines a beat longer than written, forcing Yogi to fill the silence with improvised stammering — that stammer became Yogi's signature comic tic in later films.
- Their double-act in 'Airaa' (2019) — where they played bumbling police constables — directly inspired the comic subplot in the 2022 web series 'Thirumagal' (Zee5). The showrunner admitted in an interview that he rewatched their scenes to study how two actors with zero physical comedy background could make incompetence look hilarious.
- On the sets of 'Rajavamsam' (2021), Yogi Babu and Jayaprakash shared a single makeup van — not because of budget, but because Yogi refused to sit alone. Jayaprakash would read the newspaper aloud while Yogi napped on the floor. They still call each other 'van partner'.
- Yogi Babu said about Jayaprakash in a 2024 interview: 'He is the only actor who can make me forget my lines — because I'm too busy watching him act. Then he scolds me in Tamil like my school teacher. I love that.'
6 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.7/10.
The 2020s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.6/10.
- Airaa
- Mannar Vagera0
- Aranmanai 4
- Vanakkamda Mappilei
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Jayaprakash had 75 films behind them; Yogi Babu had 28. After Aranmanai 4, Yogi Babu kept going for 33 more films; Jayaprakash stepped back.
Before Mannar Vagera, Jayaprakash had starred in 75 films, including Naadodigal (2009) and Indru Netru Naalai (2015).
After Aranmanai 4, Jayaprakash went on to appear in 10 more films, including Maaman (2025) and 28 Degree Celsius (2025).
Before Mannar Vagera, Yogi Babu had starred in 28 films, including Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Attakathi (2012).
After Aranmanai 4, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 33 more films, including Tourist Family (2025) and Karuppu (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jayaprakash & Yogi Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Singampuli is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Singampuli appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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