Sivakarthikeyan & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sivakarthikeyan and Yogi Babu appeared together in 8 Tamil films between 2014 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maaveeran (2023 — 7.3/10). Films span Maan Karate (2014) through Ayalaan (2024).
The Sivakarthikeyan & Yogi Babu partnership
They saved their best for last — Maaveeran (7.3/10) came 9 years in. From Maan Karate (2014) to Ayalaan (2024). For 10 years, a Sivakarthikeyan–Yogi film arrived almost every year.
Their most recent film, Ayalaan, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. Maaveeran is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Velaikkaran; the 2020s to Maaveeran. Sivakarthikeyan acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sivakarthikeyan personally called Yogi Babu to offer him the role in Remo (2016) after seeing his work in a small comedy show. Yogi Babu later said that call changed his career.
- In Velaikkaran (2017), Yogi Babu's deadpan delivery forced Sivakarthikeyan to react in real time during their shared scenes. The director said they fed off each other's rhythm — SK set the emotional tone, Yogi Babu undercut it with timing.
- Their double-act in Namma Veettu Pillai (2019) directly inspired the comedy track in the 2022 film Don, where Sivakarthikeyan again paired with a comedian in a similar brother-friend dynamic. The template they built — hero's best friend who gets the second laugh — became a go-to formula for SK's films.
- On the sets of Mr. Local (2019), Yogi Babu would quietly rewrite his own lines in Tamil slang without telling Sivakarthikeyan. SK would only find out during the take and had to improvise his reactions. They never fought about it — SK said it kept him sharp.
- Yogi Babu once said in a 2023 interview: 'SK is the only hero who lets me take the scene if I have a better line. He doesn't care about screen time — he cares about the laugh.'
- In Maaveeran (2023), their comedy scene in the tea shop was shot in one continuous take. Yogi Babu kept adding new ad-libs each take, and Sivakarthikeyan matched him without breaking character. The editor said they used the first take because the energy couldn't be replicated.
8 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 5 films together, anchored by Velaikkaran (7.2/10).
The 2020s brought 3 films together, anchored by Maaveeran (7.3/10).
- Velaikkaran
- Namma Veettu Pillai
- Maaveeran
- Doctor
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
47% of Sivakarthikeyan's screen credits are with Yogi Babu. After Ayalaan, Yogi Babu kept going for 33 more films; Sivakarthikeyan stepped back.
Before Maan Karate, Sivakarthikeyan had starred in 5 films, including Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (2013) and Ethir Neechal (2013).
After Ayalaan, Sivakarthikeyan went on to appear in 4 more films, including Madharaasi (2025) and Thaai Kizhavi (2026).
Before Maan Karate, Yogi Babu had starred in 4 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Magudam (1992).
After Ayalaan, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 33 more films, including Tourist Family (2025) and Karuppu (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sivakarthikeyan & Yogi Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sathish is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 8 films. Sathish appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. Anirudh Ravichander scored 3 of them.
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