Y. Gee. Mahendra & Babu Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Y. Gee. Mahendra and Babu appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 1980 and 1982. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kazhugu (1981 — 7.5/10). Films span Murattu Kaalai (1980) through Sakalakala Vallavan (1982).
The Y. Gee. Mahendra & Babu partnership
From Murattu Kaalai (1980) to Sakalakala Vallavan (1982). The played out closed with Sakalakala Vallavan in 1982. Kazhugu is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Murattu Kaalai (1980).
The shape of the work
Y. Gee. Mahendra acted in every film; Babu directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Kazhugu
- Murattu Kaalai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Sakalakala Vallavan, Y. Gee. Mahendra kept going for 42 more films; Babu stepped back.
Before Murattu Kaalai, Y. Gee. Mahendra had starred in 7 films, including Manmadha Leelai (1976) and Idhaya Malar (1976).
After Sakalakala Vallavan, Y. Gee. Mahendra went on to appear in 42 more films, including Yuddham Sei (2011) and Poikkal Kudhirai (1983).
Before Murattu Kaalai, Babu had starred in 9 films, including Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (1979) and Priya (1978).
After Sakalakala Vallavan, Babu went on to appear in 13 more films, including Enakkul Oruvan (1984) and Vetri Karangal (1991).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Y. Gee. Mahendra & Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Thengai Srinivasan is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 3 films. Thengai Srinivasan appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. Ilayaraja scored 3 of them.
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