Aravind Akash & Premgi Amaran Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Aravind Akash and Premgi Amaran appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2007 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chennai 600028 (2007 — 7.6/10). Films span Chennai 600028 (2007) through The Greatest of All Time (2024).
The Aravind Akash & Premgi Amaran partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From Chennai 600028 (2007) to The Greatest of All Time (2024). Their most recent film, The Greatest of All Time, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
Chennai 600028 is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Chennai 600028 (2007).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Chennai 600028; the 2020s to The Greatest of All Time. Premgi Amaran music composer in some, actor in others. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Venkat Prabhu cast Aravind Akash and Premgi Amaran together in Chennai 600028 because he wanted real cricketers who could actually play — Premgi was a state-level cricketer, and Aravind had the raw energy. The director didn't even audition them; he just threw them into a net session and watched them bond.
- In Chennai 600028, Premgi Amaran set the comic timing as the fast bowler 'Kuli', while Aravind Akash anchored the emotional beats as the captain. Premgi would improvise one-liners on set, and Aravind would react in real time — Venkat Prabhu said they never needed retakes for their scenes together.
- The success of Chennai 600028 directly launched the 'friendship comedy' trend in Tamil cinema — a wave of films about a group of buddies hanging out, talking cricket, and cracking inside jokes. Without this pair's natural banter, movies like Soodhu Kavvum and Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom might not have found their tone.
- Aravind and Premgi have been close friends since college — they studied together at Loyola College, Chennai, and were part of the same theatre group. On every shoot, they'd share a single plate of biryani during lunch breaks, a ritual they kept even through RK Nagar in 2020.
- Premgi Amaran once said in an interview: 'Aravind is the only actor who can make me laugh even when the director says cut. We don't act together — we just hang out and the camera catches it.'
5 films across 3 decades
The 2000s brought 1 film together, anchored by Chennai 600028 (7.6/10).
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.5/10.
- Chennai 600028
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
- Onbadhule Guru
- The Greatest of All Time
- RK Nagar0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 17 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
63% of Aravind Akash's screen credits are with Premgi Amaran.
Before Chennai 600028, Aravind Akash had starred in 3 films, including Uyirile Kalanthathu (2000) and Sena (2003).
Before Chennai 600028, Premgi Amaran had starred in 1 film, including Vallavan (2006).
After The Greatest of All Time, Premgi Amaran went on to appear in 3 more films, including Vallamai (2025) and Happy Raj (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Aravind Akash & Premgi Amaran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ajay Raj is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Ajay Raj appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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