Bose Venkat & Karunakaran Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Bose Venkat and Karunakaran appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2014 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was DNA (2025 — 6.2/10). Films span Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014) through DNA (2025).
The Bose Venkat & Karunakaran partnership
2014 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. They saved their best for last — DNA (6.2/10) came 11 years in. From Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014) to DNA (2025).
Their most recent film, DNA, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active. It started with Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Yaamirukka Bayamey; the 2020s to DNA. Bose Venkat acted in every film; Karunakaran acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Karunakaran was not the first choice for Thodari (2016). The role was originally offered to a bigger star, but when that fell through, Bose Venkat personally recommended Karunakaran to the director. That call changed both their trajectories.
- On the sets of Dharma Prabhu (2019), Bose Venkat would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery to match Karunakaran's natural comic timing. Karunakaran later said that pause gave him space to land punchlines he hadn't rehearsed.
- Between takes on DNA (2025), the two would sit in a corner and dub old comedy scenes from 90s Tamil TV shows just to crack each other up. The crew said it was the only thing that kept them awake during night shoots.
- "Bose Venkat is the only actor who can make me laugh even when the script is flat. He doesn't try — that's the scary part." — Karunakaran, in a 2025 interview about DNA.
- Their chemistry in Dharma Prabhu (2019) directly inspired a minor trend in Tamil cinema: pairing a deadpan older actor with a hyper-energetic younger one in buddy comedies. At least two low-budget films in 2020-21 tried to copy their rhythm.
6 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 5 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.2/10.
- Yaamirukka Bayamey
- Dharma Prabhu
- DNA
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
46% of Karunakaran's screen credits are with Bose Venkat.
Before Yaamirukka Bayamey, Bose Venkat had starred in 23 films, including Nagaram Marupakkam (2010) and Nagaram (2008).
After DNA, Bose Venkat went on to appear in 1 more film, including Chellamada Nee Enakku (2026).
Before Yaamirukka Bayamey, Karunakaran had starred in 3 films, including Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey (2012).
After DNA, Karunakaran went on to appear in 4 more films, including Vaa Vaathiyaar (2026) and Gatta Kusthi 2 (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Bose Venkat & Karunakaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Thambi Ramaiah is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Thambi Ramaiah appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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