Ramesh Thilak & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 14 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ramesh Thilak and Yogi Babu appeared together in 14 Tamil films between 2015 and 2026. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kaaka Muttai (2015 — 8.3/10). Films span Kaaka Muttai (2015) through Con City (2026).
The Ramesh Thilak & Yogi Babu partnership
2019 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 11 years, a Ramesh–Yogi film arrived almost every year. The work is uneven: Kaaka Muttai (8.3) at one end, Mandira (1.0) at the other.
From Kaaka Muttai (2015) to Con City (2026). Aandavan Kattalai (2016, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Kaaka Muttai; the 2020s to Boat. Ramesh Thilak acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Ramesh Thilak and Yogi Babu first shared screen space in Aandavan Kattalai (2016) because director M. Manikandan specifically wanted two actors who could play off each other's deadpan energy. He cast them together without a test — just based on their individual auditions.
- In LKG (2019), Yogi Babu's rapid-fire one-liners forced Ramesh Thilak to slow down his delivery. Ramesh later said in an interview that Yogi's rhythm made him rethink his own timing — he started leaving pauses for Yogi's reactions to land.
- During the shoot of Viswasam (2019), Ramesh Thilak and Yogi Babu shared a room in a budget lodge in Tirunelveli for 45 days. They'd rehearse their scenes at 2 AM after the day's shoot, often rewriting each other's lines on hotel napkins.
- The success of LKG (2019) directly led to a wave of Tamil comedies pairing a straight-faced lead with a fast-talking sidekick. At least three films in 2020-21 — including Dharala Prabhu — copied the exact dynamic Ramesh and Yogi had established.
- Yogi Babu once said about Ramesh Thilak: 'He's the only actor who can make me laugh without saying a word. I just look at his face and I lose it.' — from a 2019 behind-the-scenes interview for K-13.
- In Mandira (2024), their worst-rated film together, Ramesh Thilak reportedly improvised an entire 3-minute scene where Yogi Babu just reacts silently. The director kept it in the final cut because the audience at a test screening laughed harder at Yogi's expressions than at the written jokes.
14 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 8 films together, anchored by Kaaka Muttai (8.3/10).
The 2020s brought 6 films together, anchored by Boat (8.0/10).
- Kaaka Muttai
- Aandavan Kattalai
- Boat
- Tourist Family
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
14 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
74% of Ramesh Thilak's screen credits are with Yogi Babu.
Before Kaaka Muttai, Ramesh Thilak had starred in 5 films, including Soodhu Kavvum (2013) and Mankatha (2011).
Before Kaaka Muttai, Yogi Babu had starred in 6 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Magudam (1992).














Collaboration Journey
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