Mahat & Venkat Prabhu Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Mahat and Venkat Prabhu appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2011 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mankatha (2011 — 7.1/10). Films span Mankatha (2011) through Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016).
The Mahat & Venkat Prabhu partnership
Between 2011 and 2016, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 5 years. From Mankatha (2011) to Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016). Mankatha is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Mankatha (2011).
The shape of the work
Never on the same side of the camera — Mahat actor, Venkat Prabhu director, across all 4 films. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mankatha (2011) was the first Tamil film to cross ₹100 crore at the box office, and it made both Mahat and Venkat Prabhu overnight stars in the industry.
- The 'Vaada Bin Lada' fight sequence in Mankatha (2011) — where Mahat's character takes on a gang single-handedly — is still replayed in Tamil gyms and mass scene compilations on YouTube.
- Venkat Prabhu once said in an interview: 'Mahat is the only actor who can make a Biriyani scene look like a climax fight.' He was referring to the iconic biryani-eating scene in Biriyani (2013) that fans still meme.
- After Mankatha (2011), Venkat Prabhu cast Mahat in two more films back-to-back — Biriyani (2013) and Chennai 600028 II (2016) — making Mahat the only actor to appear in three consecutive Venkat Prabhu directorials.
- The 'Oru Naal' song from Mankatha (2011) — where Mahat dances with Ajith — became a wedding playlist staple across Tamil Nadu, and fans still tag both of them in Instagram reels using that track.
4 films across 1 decade
- Mankatha
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Mankatha, Mahat had starred in 3 films, including Vallavan (2006) and Kaalai (2008).
After Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings, Mahat went on to appear in 9 more films, including Cycle (2021) and Double XL (2022).
Before Mankatha, Venkat Prabhu had directed 12 films, including Chennai 600028 (2007) and Dishyum (2006).
After Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings, Venkat Prabhu went on to direct 12 more films, including Vizhithiru (2017) and Kasada Thapara (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Mahat & Venkat Prabhu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Premgi Amaran is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 4 films. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored 3 of them. Premgi Amaran appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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