Udayabanu Maheshwaran & Robo Shankar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Udayabanu Maheshwaran and Robo Shankar appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2015 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maya (2015 — 6.7/10). Films span Maya (2015) through Are You Ok Baby? (2023).
The Udayabanu Maheshwaran & Robo Shankar partnership
From Maya (2015) to Are You Ok Baby? (2023). Their most recent film, Are You Ok Baby?, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with Maya (2015).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Maya; the 2020s to Are You Ok Baby?. Udayabanu Maheshwaran acted in every film; Robo Shankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Robo Shankar wasn't the first choice for Maya. The director Ashwin Saravanan wanted a more serious actor for the comedic sidekick role. But Shankar auditioned with a completely improvised scene — and Maheshwaran, who was already cast, told the director, 'If he's not in this, I'm not doing it.' That locked the pairing.
- On the set of Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru (2016), Maheshwaran and Shankar developed a rhythm where Maheshwaran would deliver his lines deadpan, then pause — and Shankar would fill the silence with a one-liner. The director later said that 70% of the comedy in that film came from those unscripted gaps they created together.
- Their work in Maya (2015) directly inspired the horror-comedy trend in Tamil cinema. After that film's success, at least four low-budget horror-comedies were greenlit in 2016-17 specifically because producers saw how Maheshwaran's straight face and Shankar's physical comedy balanced each other in a scary setting.
- Between shoots, Maheshwaran and Shankar had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the other a box of 'Kaju Katli' from the Chennai sweetshop near the studio. Shankar lost 11 times during Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru alone. Maheshwaran still jokes that Shankar funded his entire Diwali sweets that year.
- Robo Shankar once said in a press meet for Are You Ok Baby? (2023): 'Udayabanu is the only actor who can make me look funny without saying a word. He just stares, and I start laughing. That's not acting — that's a curse.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
- Maya
- Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru
- Are You Ok Baby?
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Udayabanu Maheshwaran's screen credits are with Robo Shankar.
Before Maya, Udayabanu Maheshwaran had starred in 6 films, including Moodar Koodam (2013) and Madras Cafe (2013).
Before Maya, Robo Shankar had starred in 6 films, including Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013) and Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014).
After Are You Ok Baby?, Robo Shankar went on to appear in 6 more films, including Singapore Saloon (2024) and Sotta Sotta Nanaiyuthu (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Udayabanu Maheshwaran & Robo Shankar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Udayabanu Maheshwaran & Robo Shankar's films together
