Imman Annachi & Robo Shankar Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 86% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Nethraa; the 2020s to Ambi. Imman Annachi acted in every film; Robo Shankar acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Imman Annachi and Robo Shankar first shared screen space in 'Rombha Nallavan Da Nee' (2015) because director R. K. Selvamani specifically wanted two comedians who could bounce off each other without stepping on each other's lines. He cast them as a pair after seeing them separately in stage shows.
• In 'Strawberry' (2015), Robo Shankar would set up a joke with his machine-gun delivery, then deliberately pause — leaving a beat for Imman Annachi to undercut it with a deadpan one-liner. That rhythm became their signature, and other comedians started copying it in later films.
• Their double-act in 'Nethraa' (2019) was so popular that the film's producer greenlit a standalone comedy track featuring just the two of them — something rare for a thriller. That track later got clipped and went viral on YouTube, giving both actors a second wave of visibility.
• On the sets of 'Butler Balu' (2019), Imman Annachi and Robo Shankar shared a single vanity van because the budget was tight. They ended up rewriting half their scenes together in that van, often improvising until 2 AM. The director kept those improvised lines in the final cut.
• Robo Shankar once said in an interview: 'Imman is the only co-actor who can make me laugh so hard I forget my next line. We had to do retakes in 'Si3' because I kept breaking character.'
• In 'Jeyikkira Kuthira' (2017), the director gave them a single long-take scene with no cuts. Imman Annachi controlled the pacing by slowing down his dialogue, forcing Robo Shankar to match his tempo — a trick they used in every film after that to build comic tension.