Ravi Mariya & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 2020s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Gurkha; the 2020s to Jail. Ravi Mariya acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• The success of Gurkha (2019) directly led to Yogi Babu being cast in his first solo lead role in a dark comedy two years later. Ravi Mariya recommended him to the producer over lunch.
• Ravi Mariya personally called Yogi Babu to offer him the role in Jeyikkira Kuthira (2017). Yogi was a rising comedian at the time, and Ravi told him he wrote the part specifically for his deadpan timing.
• In Gurkha (2019), Ravi Mariya gave Yogi Babu a rare dramatic scene — no comedy, no punchlines. Yogi later said Ravi was the first director who trusted him to just stand still and act with his eyes.
• During the shoot of Jail (2021), Ravi Mariya and Yogi Babu shared a room in a small lodge near the set. They would rehearse dialogues at 2 AM, waking up the neighbours. The producer had to shift them to a separate floor.
• Yogi Babu said about Ravi Mariya in a 2022 interview: 'He doesn't let me repeat a single expression. Every take, he whispers a new backstory for my character. I don't know how he keeps inventing them.'
• In Otha Votu Muthaiya (2025), Ravi Mariya deliberately wrote a scene where Yogi Babu had to deliver a 3-minute monologue without cuts. Yogi nailed it in one take. The clapper boy clapped.