Prasanna & Vivek Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prasanna and Vivek appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2017 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018 — 6.5/10). Films span Mupparimanam (2017) through Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018).
The Prasanna & Vivek partnership
From Mupparimanam (2017) to Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018). It started with Mupparimanam (2017).
The shape of the work
Prasanna acted in every film; Vivek acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Prasanna and Vivek first shared screen space in Mupparimanam (2017) only because the director, Adhiroopan, was a mutual friend who wrote the script specifically for both of them — he didn't audition anyone else.
- In Thiruttu Payale 2 (2017), Vivek played the antagonist while Prasanna played the hero — but they swapped their usual energy on set: Vivek kept the mood light between takes, while Prasanna stayed in character to keep the tension alive for the director.
- Maniyaar Kudumbam (2018) became a sleeper hit largely because of their comic timing as a bickering brother duo — it directly led to the director, Rajasekar, getting greenlit for his next film within six months.
- During the shoot of Mupparimanam, Prasanna and Vivek discovered they lived just two streets apart in Chennai — they started carpooling to the set every single day, and that routine continued through all three films.
- Vivek once said in a 2018 interview: 'Prasanna is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines because I'm laughing so hard — and then he covers for me without the director noticing.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Maniyaar Kudumbam
- Thiruttu Payale 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 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, Prasanna had 24 films behind them; Vivek had 168.
Before Mupparimanam, Prasanna had starred in 24 films, including Azhagiya Theeye (2004) and Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013).
After Maniyaar Kudumbam, Prasanna went on to appear in 3 more films, including Kannai Nambathey (2023) and Mafia (2020).
Before Mupparimanam, Vivek had starred in 168 films, including Oopiri (2016) and Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014).
After Maniyaar Kudumbam, Vivek went on to appear in 9 more films, including Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir (2023) and Dharala Prabhu (2020).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prasanna & Vivek's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Bobby Simha is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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