Mansoor Ali Khan & Venniradai Moorthy Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Pangali; the 2010s to Lollu Dhadha Parak Parak. Mansoor Ali Khan acted in every film; Venniradai Moorthy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Mansoor Ali Khan and Venniradai Moorthy first shared screen space in Thangamana Thangachi (1991) because the director needed a pair of comedians who could play off each other without stepping on the hero's lines. Moorthy was already a stage veteran; Mansoor was the wildcard. The director bet on their contrast — and it worked.
• In Pangali (1992), Mansoor would set up the joke with loud, physical energy, and Moorthy would undercut it with a deadpan one-liner. Moorthy later said in an interview that Mansoor's chaos forced him to stay sharp — if he blinked, the scene would tip into slapstick.
• On the sets of Thaalikaatha Kaaliamman (2001), the two developed a ritual: before every comedy scene, they'd sit silently for two minutes, then Mansoor would whisper a random Tamil proverb to Moorthy. If Moorthy laughed, they'd rework the dialogue. If he didn't, they shot it as written.
• Their 2012 film Lollu Dhadha Parak Parak was the first Tamil comedy to use a split-screen gag for a chase sequence — a technique later borrowed by a popular TV spoof show. The director credited Mansoor and Moorthy's timing for making the bit work.
• Mansoor Ali Khan once said about Moorthy: 'He is the only actor who can make me forget my lines — because I'm too busy watching him react.' He said this during a 2012 press meet for Lollu Dhadha Parak Parak.