Vidharth & Manobala Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s belonged to Kaatrin Mozhi; the 2020s to Irugapatru. Vidharth acted in every film; Manobala acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Mudhal Idam (2011), was a box office disaster. But Manobala later said he cast Vidharth again in Kaatrin Mozhi (2018) because he saw something no one else did. That film became a sleeper hit and revived both their careers.
• Manobala once told a press meet: 'Vidharth is the only actor who trusted me when I had nothing to prove. I owe him my second innings.' He said this after Kaatrin Mozhi became a hit.
• In Irugapatru (2023), Vidharth played a husband struggling with anger issues. The scene where he breaks down in front of his wife became a viral reels template on Instagram — Tamil audiences still quote his dialogue 'Enna da idhu' from that moment.
• Manobala, primarily a character actor and director, had never directed a hit in 7 years before Kaatrin Mozhi. Vidharth insisted on doing that film with him despite bigger offers. That film's success directly led to Manobala getting Irugapatru.
• Irugapatru (2023) collected over 45 crores worldwide — the highest-grossing film for both Vidharth and Manobala as a director-actor pair. It also marked Manobala's first film to cross the 40-crore mark.
• The title 'Kaatrin Mozhi' (2018) was suggested by Vidharth during a late-night call with Manobala. The film's theme of a voice-only romance inspired a wave of Tamil indie films about long-distance relationships in the following years.