Karunas & Robo Shankar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karunas and Robo Shankar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2015 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maya (2015 — 6.7/10). Films span Maya (2015) through Pazhaya Vannarapettai (2016).
The Karunas & Robo Shankar partnership
From Maya (2015) to Pazhaya Vannarapettai (2016). It started with Maya (2015).
The shape of the work
Karunas acted in every film; Robo Shankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Robo Shankar was a last-minute replacement in Maya (2015). The original actor dropped out days before the shoot, and Karunas personally recommended Shankar to director Ashwin Saravanan. That call got him the role.
- In Ka Ka Ka Po (2016), Karunas wrote most of his own lines on set. Robo Shankar would then rewrite his own responses to match Karunas’ rhythm. They basically co-wrote their scenes in real time, trading dialogue back and forth between takes.
- Their double-act in Pazhaya Vannarapettai (2016) directly inspired the comic duo track in the 2018 hit 'Kalakalappu 2'. The director of that film admitted he cast Karunas and Robo Shankar together again because their timing in Pazhaya Vannarapettai was 'unmatched'.
- During the Maya shoot, Karunas and Robo Shankar shared a single room in a budget lodge near the set. They spent every night rehearsing the next day’s scenes together, often until 2 AM. Neither had done a horror-comedy before, so they figured it out together.
- Robo Shankar once said: 'Karunas is the only actor who can make me laugh even when the camera isn't rolling. In Pazhaya Vannarapettai, I broke character three times because of him. The director kept the takes because my laughter looked real.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Maya
- Ka Ka Ka Po
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 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, Karunas had 57 films behind them; Robo Shankar had 6. After Pazhaya Vannarapettai, Robo Shankar kept going for 42 more films; Karunas stepped back.
Before Maya, Karunas had starred in 57 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Iyarkai (2003).
After Pazhaya Vannarapettai, Karunas went on to appear in 17 more films, including Vada Chennai (2018) and Pandigai (2017).
Before Maya, Robo Shankar had starred in 6 films, including Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013) and Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014).
After Pazhaya Vannarapettai, Robo Shankar went on to appear in 42 more films, including Iravin Nizhal (2022) and Irumbu Thirai (2018).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karunas & Robo Shankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Karunas & Robo Shankar's films together
