Vaibhav Reddy & Venkat Prabhu Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vaibhav Reddy and Venkat Prabhu appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2008 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mankatha (2011 — 7.1/10). Films span Saroja (2008) through The Greatest of All Time (2024).
The Vaibhav Reddy & Venkat Prabhu partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Saroja (2008) to The Greatest of All Time (2024). Their most recent film, The Greatest of All Time, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
Mankatha is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Saroja (2008).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Saroja; the 2020s to Manmadha Leelai. Vaibhav Reddy acted in every film; Venkat Prabhu directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Venkat Prabhu cast Vaibhav in Saroja (2008) because he needed a fresh face who could play a regular college guy — but Vaibhav was actually 30 at the time, playing a 20-year-old. The director didn't know his real age until after the shoot.
- On the sets of Goa (2010), Venkat Prabhu let Vaibhav improvise most of his comic lines. Vaibhav's natural timing became the rhythm for entire scenes — the director would just set the camera and let him riff, then cut around it.
- Mankatha (2011) was the first Tamil film to cross ₹100 crore at the box office. Vaibhav played the loyal friend to Ajith's anti-hero — a role that Venkat Prabhu specifically wrote for him after seeing his easy camaraderie with the lead in Goa.
- Venkat Prabhu and Vaibhav are cousins. Their mothers are sisters. So every film they made together was literally a family project — Vaibhav has said in interviews that they fight like brothers on set but never carry it home.
- Venkat Prabhu once said: 'Vaibhav is my lucky charm. Every time I cast him, the film works. If I don't, it flops.' He said this during the Chennai 600028 II promotions in 2016.
6 films across 3 decades
The 2000s brought 1 film together, anchored by Saroja (7.0/10).
The 2010s brought 3 films together, anchored by Mankatha (7.1/10).
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.1/10.
- Saroja
- Mankatha
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
- Manmadha Leelai
- The Greatest of All Time
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Vaibhav Reddy's screen credits are with Venkat Prabhu.
Saroja was Vaibhav Reddy's acting debut.
Before Saroja, Venkat Prabhu had directed 9 films, including Chennai 600028 (2007) and Dishyum (2006).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vaibhav Reddy & Venkat Prabhu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Premgi Amaran is the through-line — cast on 6 of their 6 films. Premgi Amaran appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored 3 of them.
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