Vijay & Madhan Bob Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vijay and Madhan Bob appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 1996 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Friends (2001 — 6.4/10). Films span Poove Unakkaga (1996) through Kaavalan (2011).
The Vijay & Madhan Bob partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Sura (2010). Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. They didn't share a set between 2002 and 2010.
From Poove Unakkaga (1996) to Kaavalan (2011). It started with Poove Unakkaga (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Poove Unakkaga; the 2010s to Kaavalan. Vijay acted in every film; Madhan Bob acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In 'Poove Unakkaga' (1996), Vijay and Madhan Bob's scene where Bob's character gets slapped by Vijay became a meme template in Tamil internet circles for 'instant karma' moments.
- Their 2001 film 'Friends' ran for over 175 days in Chennai theatres, making it one of the longest-running Vijay films of that era — and Madhan Bob's comedy track as 'Kovilpatti' was a major draw.
- Madhan Bob's role as the stammering sidekick in 'Thulladha Manamum Thullum' (1999) was so popular that Vijay personally requested the director to expand Bob's screen time in their next film 'Friends'.
- Madhan Bob once said in an interview: 'Vijay sir would rewrite my dialogues himself on set because he knew my comic timing better than the writers.'
- The 'Sura' (2010) scene where Madhan Bob's character tries to teach Vijay's character how to swim — and ends up drowning himself — is still played at Tamil wedding receptions as a comedy clip.
- Their last film together, 'Kaavalan' (2011), was the only one where Madhan Bob played a serious role — a police officer — breaking their 15-year streak of comedy-only pairings.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.5/10.
- Poove Unakkaga
- Thulladha Manamum Thullum
- Friends
- Kannukkul Nilavu
- Kaavalan
- Sura
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Poove Unakkaga, both already had careers — Vijay with 10 films, Madhan Bob with 11.
Before Poove Unakkaga, Vijay had starred in 10 films, including Vetri (1984) and Rasigan (1994).
After Kaavalan, Vijay went on to appear in 17 more films, including Kaththi (2014) and Mersal (2017).
Before Poove Unakkaga, Madhan Bob had starred in 11 films, including Udan Pirappu (1993) and Thevar Magan (1992).
After Kaavalan, Madhan Bob went on to appear in 23 more films, including Kalasal (2019) and Ethir Neechal (2013).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vijay & Madhan Bob's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Charle appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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