Imman Annachi & Ravi Mariya Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s belonged to Jilla; the 2020s to Rajavum 5 Koojavum. Imman Annachi acted in every film; Ravi Mariya acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Imman Annachi was a regular comedian in Tamil films, but Ravi Mariya specifically cast him as a lead in 'Jeyikkira Kuthira' (2017) — a rare hero role for a character actor. Annachi later said Mariya saw something in him that no other director did.
• On the sets of 'Jilla' (2014), Ravi Mariya would let Imman Annachi improvise his comedy lines freely, then build the scene around his timing. Annachi’s natural rhythm became the backbone of their comic sequences together.
• After 'Jeyikkira Kuthira' flopped, Ravi Mariya and Imman Annachi stayed in touch for five years before reuniting for 'Rajavum 5 Koojavum' (2022). Annachi later said Mariya called him out of the blue and said, 'Let’s try again, but this time with a smaller budget and no pressure.'
• Imman Annachi once told a local YouTube channel: 'Ravi Mariya is the only director who gave me a full-length hero role. I don’t care if the film didn’t work — I’ll act in anything he makes.'
• Their 2017 film 'Jeyikkira Kuthira' was one of the earliest Tamil films to cast a comedian as the sole lead in a rural action-comedy — a template later followed by smaller-budget films like 'Kanni Maadam' (2021).