Vivek & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vivek and Yogi Babu appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2015 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viswasam (2019 — 6.9/10). Films span Sakalakala Vallavan (2015) through Aranmanai 3 (2021).
The Vivek & Yogi Babu partnership
Between 2015 and 2021, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 6 years. From Sakalakala Vallavan (2015) to Aranmanai 3 (2021). It started with Sakalakala Vallavan (2015).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Viswasam; the 2020s to Aranmanai 3. Vivek acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Vivek personally recommended Yogi Babu to director Siva for a role in 'Viswasam' (2019). Yogi Babu was still building his name then, and Vivek told Siva: 'He’ll steal every scene he’s in.' He did.
- In 'Bigil' (2019), Vivek played the fast-talking sidekick while Yogi Babu played the slow, deadpan friend. They deliberately played off each other’s rhythm — Vivek would speed up his lines to make Yogi Babu’s pauses land harder. The director Atlee let them improvise that push-pull in every scene together.
- Their double-act in 'Viswasam' (2019) directly led to Yogi Babu getting his own standalone comedy track in later films. Before that, he was mostly a one-scene cameo guy. Vivek’s insistence on giving him equal screen time changed how Tamil comedians were cast in mass-hero films.
- On the sets of 'Sakalakala Vallavan' (2015), Vivek and Yogi Babu shared a room during outdoor shoots. Yogi Babu later said Vivek would rehearse his lines aloud at 2 AM, and Yogi Babu would wake up and join in — they’d end up rewriting the next day’s scene together in the dark.
- Yogi Babu once said in an interview: 'Vivek anna is the reason I stopped being nervous in front of the camera. He told me, “You don’t have to act — just react to me.” That’s all I did in all three films.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
- Viswasam
- Bigil
- Aranmanai 3
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 6 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, Vivek had 156 films behind them; Yogi Babu had 6. After Aranmanai 3, Yogi Babu kept going for 88 more films; Vivek stepped back.
Before Sakalakala Vallavan, Vivek had starred in 156 films, including Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014) and Anniyan (2005).
After Aranmanai 3, Vivek went on to appear in 3 more films, including Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir (2023) and The Legend (2022).
Before Sakalakala Vallavan, Yogi Babu had starred in 6 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Magudam (1992).
After Aranmanai 3, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 88 more films, including Kadaisi Vivasayi (2022) and The Great Indian Kitchen (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vivek & Yogi Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Kovai Sarala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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