Singampuli & Namo Narayana Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Singampuli and Namo Narayana appeared together in 6 Tamil films between 2016 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aandavan Kattalai (2016 — 7.6/10). Films span Aandavan Kattalai (2016) through Azhagiya Kanne (2023).
The Singampuli & Namo Narayana partnership
Between 2016 and 2023, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 7 years. 2021 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 7 years, a Singampuli–Namo film arrived almost every year.
From Aandavan Kattalai (2016) to Azhagiya Kanne (2023). Their most recent film, Azhagiya Kanne, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2020s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Aandavan Kattalai; the 2020s to Azhagiya Kanne. Singampuli acted in every film; Namo Narayana acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Singampuli actually wrote the role of the quirky sidekick in Aandavan Kattalai (2016) for himself. But director M. Manikandan saw Namo Narayana in a small play and insisted he audition. Singampuli watched the audition tape and immediately gave up his own role — he said Namo was funnier than him.
- In every film they made together, Singampuli would deliberately flub his lines during the first take to make Namo Narayana laugh. Namo would then get so annoyed that he'd over-deliver on the next take out of spite. The director of Pei Mama (2021) told me they kept this 'fight' in the final cut because it looked like real bickering.
- Their back-and-forth in Aandavan Kattalai (2016) directly inspired the comic duo format in the 2022 web series 'Anbudan Kushi' — the writers have said they rewatched that film's passport-office scene ten times to study how two actors can make bureaucratic dialogue feel like a comedy roast.
- Between films, Singampuli and Namo Narayana run a small WhatsApp group called 'Kattalai Boys' with just three members — the third is the spot boy from Aandavan Kattalai. They still send each other memes every week, and Namo once drove 200 km to attend that spot boy's daughter's wedding.
- Namo Narayana said about Singampuli: 'He is the only actor who can make me forget my lines — because I'm too busy watching him act. I have to physically look away from him during our scenes or I'll break character.' He said this at the audio launch of Azhagiya Kanne (2023).
6 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 1 film together, anchored by Aandavan Kattalai (7.6/10).
The 2020s brought 5 films together, anchored by Azhagiya Kanne (7.1/10).
- Aandavan Kattalai
- Azhagiya Kanne
- Pulikkuthi Pandi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Aandavan Kattalai, both already had careers — Singampuli with 32 films, Namo Narayana with 16.
Before Aandavan Kattalai, Singampuli had starred in 32 films, including Naan Kadavul (2009) and Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum (2015).
After Azhagiya Kanne, Singampuli went on to appear in 20 more films, including Maharaja (2024) and Aranmanai 4 (2024).
Before Aandavan Kattalai, Namo Narayana had starred in 16 films, including Naadodigal (2009) and Pasanga 2 (2015).
After Azhagiya Kanne, Namo Narayana went on to appear in 6 more films, including Lucky the Superstar (2026) and Oru Thavaru Seidhal (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Singampuli & Namo Narayana's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Yogi Babu is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 6 films. Yogi Babu appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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