Yogi Babu & Chaams Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Yogi Babu and Chaams appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2017 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sandimuni (2020 — 6.5/10). Films span Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (2017) through Rajavamsam (2021).
The Yogi Babu & Chaams partnership
Between 2017 and 2021, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Yogi–Chaams film arrived almost every year. They saved their best for last — Sandimuni (6.5/10) came 3 years in.
From Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (2017) to Rajavamsam (2021). It started with Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (2017).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Market Raja MBBS; the 2020s to Sandimuni. Yogi Babu acted in every film; Chaams acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the sets of 'Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen' (2017). Chaams was a last-minute replacement for another comedian who dropped out. Yogi Babu, already cast, vouched for him to the director. That film started their run.
- In 'Market Raja MBBS' (2019), Yogi Babu played the straight man while Chaams did all the physical comedy. Yogi would deliberately pause his lines to let Chaams' reactions land. That rhythm — one setting up, the other finishing — became their signature.
- Their double act in 'Chennai 2 Bangkok' (2019) was so popular that the film's producer greenlit a spin-off web series featuring just their characters. It never got made, but the pitch alone shows how much audiences wanted more of them together.
- During the shoot of 'Sandimuni' (2020), Yogi Babu and Chaams shared a room in a small lodge near the forest location. They spent nights rewriting each other's lines. Chaams later said they 'finished each other's sentences even off-camera.'
- Chaams once told a YouTube interviewer: 'Yogi Babu is the only actor who can make me laugh even when the director says cut. We don't act together — we just annoy each other and call it a scene.'
- In 'Rajavamsam' (2021), their last film together so far, they swapped roles: Chaams played the serious sidekick while Yogi Babu did the buffoonery. It was the only time they reversed their usual dynamic, and it confused audiences — the film flopped.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.5/10.
- Market Raja MBBS
- Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen
- Sandimuni
- Rajavamsam
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Chaams's screen credits are with Yogi Babu. After Rajavamsam, Yogi Babu kept going for 88 more films; Chaams stepped back.
Before Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen, Yogi Babu had starred in 28 films, including Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Attakathi (2012).
After Rajavamsam, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 88 more films, including Kadaisi Vivasayi (2022) and The Great Indian Kitchen (2023).
Before Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen, Chaams had starred in 6 films, including Uppu Karuvadu (2015) and Manam Kothi Paravai (2012).
After Rajavamsam, Chaams went on to appear in 2 more films, including Diary (2022) and Yutha Satham (2022).
Collaboration Journey
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