Yogi Babu & Tiger Thangadurai Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Yogi Babu and Tiger Thangadurai appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 2016 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Partner (2023 — 6.9/10). Films span Atti (2016) through Saaraa (2025).
The Yogi Babu & Tiger Thangadurai partnership
2025 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. They saved their best for last — Partner (6.9/10) came 7 years in. From Atti (2016) to Saaraa (2025).
For 9 years, a Yogi–Tiger film arrived almost every year. Their most recent film, Saaraa, came out in 2025 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2020s account for 88% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Atti; the 2020s to Partner. Yogi Babu acted in every film; Tiger Thangadurai acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Tiger Thangadurai was a stunt coordinator before acting. He and Yogi Babu first met on the set of Atti (2016) — Tiger was choreographing a fight scene, and Yogi was the comic relief. They bonded over shared frustration with the director's chaotic schedule.
- In Panni Kutty (2022), Yogi Babu improvised an entire 3-minute monologue about a missing pig. Tiger Thangadurai, playing the straight man, kept a straight face through 14 takes — but broke down laughing on the 15th. The director kept that take in the final cut.
- During Ghosty (2023), Yogi Babu's father passed away mid-shoot. Tiger Thangadurai quietly took over his scenes for two days, mimicking Yogi's body language so closely that the crew didn't notice until Yogi returned.
- Yogi Babu once said in a 2023 interview: 'Tiger is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines — because he'll suddenly do something so stupid I just stand there laughing.'
- Their double-act in Atti (2016) — Yogi as the bumbling sidekick, Tiger as the silent muscle — directly inspired the character pairing in the 2018 web series 'Kallachirippu'. The showrunner admitted in a podcast that he cast two newcomers specifically to copy their dynamic.
- Kettavanu Per Edutha Nallavanda (2025) almost didn't happen. Tiger Thangadurai had signed a different film for the same dates. Yogi Babu called him at 2 AM and said, 'If you don't do this with me, I'll tell everyone you're scared of pigs.' Tiger showed up on set the next morning.
8 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 7 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Atti
- Partner
- Panni Kutty
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Tiger Thangadurai's screen credits are with Yogi Babu.
Before Atti, Yogi Babu had starred in 11 films, including Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Attakathi (2012).
After Saaraa, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 11 more films, including Karuppu (2026) and Couple Friendly (2026).
Atti was Tiger Thangadurai's acting debut.
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Yogi Babu & Tiger Thangadurai's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajendran is the through-line — cast on 6 of their 8 films. Rajendran appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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