Ashok Selvan & M. S. Bhaskar Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Soodhu Kavvum; the 2020s to Emakku Thozhil Romance. Ashok Selvan acted in every film; M. S. Bhaskar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They first met on the set of Soodhu Kavvum (2013) when Ashok Selvan was a newcomer and M. S. Bhaskar was already a veteran. Bhaskar later said he was surprised by how calm Ashok was for a debutant — that silence made them click instantly.
• In Sila Samayangalil (2017), Bhaskar played Ashok's father. Ashok deliberately slowed down his own dialogue delivery to match Bhaskar's natural rhythm — he said it made their scenes feel like real father-son conversations, not acted ones.
• During the shoot of Savaale Samaali (2015), Ashok Selvan would drive Bhaskar home every night after pack-up. Bhaskar later joked that Ashok was the only co-star who didn't treat him like a 'senior' — just a friend who needed a lift.
• Their pairing in Soodhu Kavvum (2013) convinced director Nalan Kumarasamy to cast both of them again in his next film — which never happened. But that trust led to Ashok recommending Bhaskar for a key role in an indie film that later won a national award.
• Ashok Selvan once said in an interview: 'Bhaskar sir doesn't act. He just stands there and the scene happens. I learned to just listen to him instead of performing.'