Jayaprakash & Madhan Bob Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jayaprakash and Madhan Bob appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2013 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ethir Neechal (2013 — 6.9/10). Films span Ethir Neechal (2013) through Jeyikkira Kuthira (2017).
The Jayaprakash & Madhan Bob partnership
Between 2013 and 2017, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Jayaprakash–Madhan film arrived almost every year. From Ethir Neechal (2013) to Jeyikkira Kuthira (2017).
It started with Ethir Neechal (2013).
The shape of the work
Jayaprakash acted in every film; Madhan Bob acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Kaththi Sandai (2016), director Suraj initially wanted a different actor for Madhan Bob's role. Madhan Bob personally lobbied Jayaprakash to recommend him to Suraj. Jayaprakash did, and that got Madhan Bob the part.
- In Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017), Jayaprakash played the straight-laced cop while Madhan Bob played his bumbling sidekick. Jayaprakash deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery to match Madhan Bob's stammering comic timing, making their scenes feel like a real double-act.
- During the shoot of Jeyikkira Kuthira (2017), the two shared a room in a budget lodge near the set. Madhan Bob would wake up at 4 AM to rehearse his lines aloud, and Jayaprakash would join him half-asleep, feeding him cues. They did this every single day of that shoot.
- Madhan Bob once said in a 2018 interview: 'Jayaprakash is the only actor who can make me look good even when I mess up my lines. He just adjusts on the spot, like we're dancing.'
- Their comic pairing in Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017) was so well-received that the film's writer, V. Prabhakar, later wrote a separate comedy track for a 2019 film specifically inspired by their 'serious guy + nervous guy' dynamic.
5 films across 1 decade
- Ethir Neechal
- Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 4 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 26 films behind them; Madhan Bob had 57. After Jeyikkira Kuthira, Jayaprakash kept going for 62 more films; Madhan Bob stepped back.
Before Ethir Neechal, Jayaprakash had starred in 26 films, including Naadodigal (2009) and Yuddham Sei (2011).
After Jeyikkira Kuthira, Jayaprakash went on to appear in 62 more films, including Jai Bhim (2021) and Kabadadaari (2021).
Before Ethir Neechal, Madhan Bob had starred in 57 films, including ABCD (2005) and Udan Pirappu (1993).
After Jeyikkira Kuthira, Madhan Bob went on to appear in 11 more films, including Kalasal (2019) and Nagesh Thiraiyarangam (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jayaprakash & Madhan Bob's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Manobala appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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