Bose Venkat & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Bose Venkat and Radha Ravi appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2014 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Tenaliraman (2014 — 6.5/10). Films span Tenaliraman (2014) through Saamaniyan (2024).
The Bose Venkat & Radha Ravi partnership
From Tenaliraman (2014) to Saamaniyan (2024). Their most recent film, Saamaniyan, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. It started with Tenaliraman (2014).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Tenaliraman; the 2020s to Saamaniyan. Bose Venkat acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Radha Ravi personally called Bose Venkat to offer him the role in Tenaliraman (2014). Bose was surprised — he thought Radha Ravi, a senior star, would go with a bigger name. But Radha Ravi told him the character needed someone who could match his own comic timing, not just a popular face.
- On the sets of Aarathu Sinam (2016), Bose Venkat would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery to force Radha Ravi to react in real time. Radha Ravi later admitted this made their scenes feel more natural — he couldn't rely on his usual rehearsed pauses.
- During the shoot of Dharma Prabhu (2019), the two would share a single cup of filter coffee every morning before the first shot. It started as a joke — Radha Ravi said Bose's coffee was the only thing that woke him up — and became a daily ritual for the entire schedule.
- Their pairing in Tenaliraman (2014) directly led to the casting of Bose Venkat in the 2017 comedy-thriller 'Maya Nadhi'. The director saw their back-and-forth in Tenaliraman and wanted a similar energy for his lead pair — but with Bose playing the straight man this time.
- Radha Ravi said about Bose Venkat in a 2019 interview: 'He doesn't act with you. He acts at you. That's why I keep working with him — he keeps me on my toes.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film.
- Tenaliraman
- Aarathu Sinam
- Saamaniyan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 10 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, Bose Venkat had 23 films behind them; Radha Ravi had 112.
Before Tenaliraman, Bose Venkat had starred in 23 films, including Nagaram Marupakkam (2010) and Nagaram (2008).
After Saamaniyan, Bose Venkat went on to appear in 5 more films, including DNA (2025) and Thanal (2025).
Before Tenaliraman, Radha Ravi had starred in 112 films, including Thanneer Thanneer (1981) and Soodhu Kavvum (2013).
After Saamaniyan, Radha Ravi went on to appear in 8 more films, including Jinn-The Pet (2025) and Middle Class (2025).




Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Bose Venkat & Radha Ravi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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