Mayilsamy & Chaams Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Mayilsamy and Chaams appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2015 and 2020. Their highest-rated collaboration was Uppu Karuvadu (2015 — 6.5/10). Films span Uppu Karuvadu (2015) through Sandimuni (2020).
The Mayilsamy & Chaams partnership
Between 2015 and 2020, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. From Uppu Karuvadu (2015) to Sandimuni (2020). It started with Uppu Karuvadu (2015).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Uppu Karuvadu; the 2020s to Sandimuni. Mayilsamy acted in every film; Chaams acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mayilsamy and Chaams first shared screen space in Uppu Karuvadu (2015) because the director needed two comedians who could play off each other's deadpan timing. Neither had worked together before, but the director saw them at a stage show and locked them in immediately.
- In Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017), Chaams would deliberately flub his lines to make Mayilsamy break character. Mayilsamy, known for his stone-faced delivery, would then improvise a comeback — and those unscripted moments became the film's funniest bits.
- Their pairing in Sandimuni (2020) — a surprise hit — directly led to a wave of small-budget comedies casting two comedians as leads instead of a hero-heroine pair. At least three 2021 Tamil indie films copied that formula.
- During the shoot of Ammaiyi (2017), Mayilsamy and Chaams shared a room in a budget lodge for 45 days. They'd rehearse scenes at 2 AM, and the director later said they'd often finish each other's sentences off-camera too.
- Chaams once said in a 2021 interview: 'Mayilsamy is the only actor who can make me laugh without moving his face. I have to work twice as hard to keep up with his silence.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Uppu Karuvadu
- Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva
- Sandimuni
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
40% of Chaams's screen credits are with Mayilsamy. When they first worked together, Mayilsamy had 62 films behind them; Chaams had 3.
Before Uppu Karuvadu, Mayilsamy had starred in 62 films, including Maasi (2012) and Jayam (2003).
After Sandimuni, Mayilsamy went on to appear in 16 more films, including Idiot (2022) and Nenjuku Needhi (2022).
Before Uppu Karuvadu, Chaams had starred in 3 films, including Manam Kothi Paravai (2012) and Bramman (2014).
After Sandimuni, Chaams went on to appear in 3 more films, including Diary (2022) and Yutha Satham (2022).
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