Prabhu Deva & Murli Sharma Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prabhu Deva and Murli Sharma appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Devi (2016 — 6.2/10). Films span Devi (2016) through Devi 2 (2019).
The Prabhu Deva & Murli Sharma partnership
Between 2016 and 2019, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 3 years. 2016 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Devi (2016) to Devi 2 (2019).
It started with Devi (2016).
The shape of the work
Prabhu Deva acted in every film; Murli Sharma acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 1 film in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Prabhu Deva and Murli Sharma first shared screen space in 'Devi' (2016) because the director, Vijay, needed a menacing villain who could also do comedy. Murli was cast as the antagonist after Prabhu Deva personally recommended him, having worked with him earlier in Bollywood.
- In 'Tutak Tutak Tutiya' (2016), Murli Sharma played the comic sidekick to Prabhu Deva's lead. Their rhythm worked because Murli deliberately slowed his delivery to match Prabhu Deva's deadpan reactions — a trick Murli said he learned from watching Prabhu Deva's timing in dance numbers.
- During the shoot of 'Devi 2' (2019), Murli Sharma would crack jokes between takes to keep Prabhu Deva laughing. Prabhu Deva later said Murli's humor helped him get through the long night shoots, which were grueling because of the film's heavy VFX work.
- The success of 'Devi 2' (2019) — a hit at the box office — directly led to Murli Sharma being offered more Tamil villain roles. Before this, he was mostly known in Bollywood; after, Tamil directors started casting him as the primary antagonist in horror-comedies.
- Murli Sharma said in a 2019 interview: 'Prabhu Deva is the only hero I've worked with who can make you laugh without saying a word. In 'Tutak Tutak Tutiya', I'd just follow his face and react — that's all the direction I needed.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Devi
- Tutak Tutak Tutiya
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 3 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Prabhu Deva had 55 films behind them; Murli Sharma had 19.
Before Devi, Prabhu Deva had starred in 55 films, including Michael Madana Kamaraju (2008) and Pokkiri (2007).
After Devi 2 , Prabhu Deva went on to appear in 14 more films, including Poikkal Kudhirai (2022) and Pon Manickavel (2020).
Before Devi, Murli Sharma had starred in 19 films, including Main Hoon Na (2004) and Gopala Gopala (2015).
After Devi 2 , Murli Sharma went on to appear in 8 more films, including Hit (2020) and Shyam Singha Roy (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prabhu Deva & Murli Sharma's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sonu Sood is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 4 films. Gopi Sunder scored 3 of them. Sonu Sood appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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