Manobala & Yogi Babu Movies Together List — 30 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Manobala and Yogi Babu appeared together in 30 Tamil films between 2015 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kaatrin Mozhi (2018 — 7.9/10). Films span India Pakistan (2015) through Andhagan (2024).
The Manobala & Yogi Babu partnership
2019 was their peak — 9 films in twelve months. For 9 years, a Manobala–Yogi film arrived almost every year. From India Pakistan (2015) to Andhagan (2024).
Their most recent film, Andhagan, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active. Kaatrin Mozhi is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Kaatrin Mozhi; the 2020s to Asura Guru. Manobala acted in every film; Yogi Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Manobala was already a veteran character actor and director when he met Yogi Babu on the set of 'Paandiyoda Galatta Thaangala' (2016). He later said he spotted Yogi Babu's comic timing during a lunch break improv and insisted the director give him more lines. That film became their first of 26.
- In 'Bigil' (2019), Manobala played a nervous sidekick to Yogi Babu's overconfident character. The trick was simple: Manobala would deliberately flub his lines to make Yogi Babu react naturally. Director Atlee kept those takes because the frustration on Yogi Babu's face was real and hilarious.
- Their 2019 run — 11 films together in a single year — created a mini trend in Tamil cinema. Producers started casting them as a packaged deal for comedy tracks. At least three other actor duos (like Sathish and Robo Shankar) were directly greenlit because studios wanted 'another Manobala-Yogi Babu'.
- Manobala and Yogi Babu had a standing rule: no matter how small the role, they'd always share a single plate of biryani between shots. Yogi Babu once told a magazine that Manobala would sneak extra pieces of chicken onto his side of the plate because he knew Yogi Babu was still struggling financially.
- Yogi Babu said in a 2022 interview: 'Manobala sir never let me feel like a junior artist. Even when I had one line, he'd rehearse with me for 20 minutes. He treated every scene like it was his own.'
30 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 17 films together, anchored by Kaatrin Mozhi (7.9/10).
The 2020s brought 13 films together, anchored by Asura Guru (7.1/10).
- Kaatrin Mozhi
- Sollividava
- Asura Guru
- Murungakkai Chips
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
30 films across 9 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Yogi Babu's screen credits are with Manobala. When they first worked together, Manobala had 115 films behind them; Yogi Babu had 6. After Andhagan, Yogi Babu kept going for 33 more films; Manobala stepped back.
Before India Pakistan, Manobala had starred in 115 films, including Pithamagan (2003) and Thuppakki (2012).
After Andhagan, Manobala went on to appear in 2 more films, including Madha Gaja Raja (2025) and Parrisu (2025).
Before India Pakistan, Yogi Babu had starred in 6 films, including Attakathi (2012) and Magudam (1992).
After Andhagan, Yogi Babu went on to appear in 33 more films, including Tourist Family (2025) and Karuppu (2026).






























Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Manobala & Yogi Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 18 people again and again — a small repertory company. Mayilsamy appears alongside them in 11 films — practically a third lead.
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