Ravi Mariya & Robo Shankar Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2020s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran; the 2020s to Jail. Ravi Mariya acted in every film; Robo Shankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Ravi Mariya and Robo Shankar first shared screen space in Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (2016) because the director needed a comedian who could match Ravi's deadpan delivery. Robo Shankar was brought in last minute after the original choice backed out.
• In Jail (2021), Ravi Mariya played the straight man to Robo Shankar's hyperactive sidekick. The trick was that Ravi would deliberately pause his lines to let Robo's physical comedy land — a rhythm they perfected over three films.
• During the shoot of Jeyikkira Kuthira (2017), Ravi Mariya and Robo Shankar shared a room in a budget lodge for two weeks. They reportedly spent nights rewriting each other's dialogues on hotel notepads.
• Their double-act in Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (2016) directly inspired the comedy track in the 2018 film Kalakalappu 2, where the director admitted he wanted a similar 'tall-serious vs short-goofy' dynamic.
• Robo Shankar once said in a 2021 interview: 'Ravi doesn't laugh at my jokes on set. He just stares. That stare makes me work harder. He's the reason I got better at timing.'
• In Desingu Raja 2 (2025), the duo swapped roles for one scene — Ravi Mariya did the slapstick while Robo Shankar stayed silent. The director kept that take because the audience at the test screening laughed harder than at any other scene.