Ajith Kumar & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ajith Kumar and Yogi Babu appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2014 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viswasam (2019 — 6.9/10). Films span Veeram (2014) through Valimai (2023).
The Ajith Kumar & Yogi Babu partnership
From Veeram (2014) to Valimai (2023). Their most recent film, Valimai, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with Veeram (2014).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Viswasam; the 2020s to Valimai. Ajith Kumar acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ajith and Yogi Babu's first film together, Veeram (2014), was the only time Yogi Babu played a serious role in an Ajith film — he was a police officer, not a comedian. They never repeated that dynamic again.
- In Viswasam (2019), Yogi Babu's character 'Kali' had a running gag where he kept getting slapped by Ajith's character. That slap became a meme template in Tamil social media for years.
- Valimai (2023) was the only Ajith-Yogi Babu film where Yogi Babu had zero comic relief scenes — he played a straight-faced bike mechanic. Fans still debate if that was a waste of his talent.
- Their three films together — Veeram, Viswasam, Valimai — collectively grossed over ₹250 crore at the worldwide box office, making them one of the most profitable actor-comedian duos in Tamil cinema this decade.
- In Viswasam, the scene where Yogi Babu's character nervously hands Ajith a marriage proposal letter — and Ajith reads it aloud to the whole village — is still quoted by fans as 'the moment Yogi Babu became a star comedian in a mass hero film.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.4/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
- Viswasam
- Veeram
- Valimai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Ajith Kumar had 52 films behind them; Yogi Babu had 4. After Valimai, Yogi Babu kept going for 45 more films; Ajith Kumar stepped back.
Before Veeram, Ajith Kumar had starred in 52 films, including Mankatha (2011) and Billa (2007).
After Valimai, Ajith Kumar went on to appear in 3 more films, including Vidaamuyarchi (2025) and Good Bad Ugly (2025).
Before Veeram, Yogi Babu had starred in 4 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Magudam (1992).
After Valimai, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 45 more films, including Boat (2024) and Tourist Family (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ajith Kumar & Yogi Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
R. N. R. Manohar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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