Prabhu & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prabhu and Yogi Babu appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2015 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viswasam (2019 — 6.9/10). Films span Sakalakala Vallavan (2015) through Varisu (2023).
The Prabhu & Yogi Babu partnership
Between 2015 and 2023, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 8 years. For 8 years, a Prabhu–Yogi film arrived almost every year. From Sakalakala Vallavan (2015) to Varisu (2023).
Their most recent film, Varisu, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with Sakalakala Vallavan (2015).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Viswasam; the 2020s to Naane Varuvean. Prabhu acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Prabhu personally recommended Yogi Babu for a role in Sakalakala Vallavan (2015) after seeing him in a small comedy bit. That film became their first pairing and launched Yogi Babu into bigger comic roles.
- In Viswasam (2019), Prabhu played the stern father-in-law while Yogi Babu played the nervous sidekick. Yogi Babu later said Prabhu would deliberately pause his dialogues mid-scene to throw him off, forcing him to improvise — and that's why their banter felt so natural.
- During the shoot of Mannar Vagera (2017), Yogi Babu was still struggling financially. Prabhu quietly paid for his meals and travel on set for the entire schedule, never telling anyone until Yogi Babu mentioned it years later in an interview.
- Yogi Babu once said in a press meet: 'Prabhu sir treats me like his younger brother. He doesn't just act with me — he feeds me, scolds me, and makes sure I don't mess up my lines.'
- Their comedy track in Viswasam (2019) was so well-received that the director, Siva, wrote a separate extended comic subplot for them in the next film Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven (2019) — something he had never done for any other supporting pair before.
6 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.2/10.
- Viswasam
- Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven
- Naane Varuvean
- Varisu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Prabhu had 174 films behind them; Yogi Babu had 6. After Varisu, Yogi Babu kept going for 45 more films; Prabhu stepped back.
Before Sakalakala Vallavan, Prabhu had starred in 174 films, including Ninaivu Chinnam (1989) and Uzhavan (1993).
After Varisu, Prabhu went on to appear in 6 more films, including PT Sir (2024) and Kiss (2025).
Before Sakalakala Vallavan, Yogi Babu had starred in 6 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Magudam (1992).
After Varisu, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 45 more films, including Boat (2024) and Tourist Family (2025).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Robo Shankar is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Robo Shankar appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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