Shiva & Venkat Prabhu Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shiva and Venkat Prabhu appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2007 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chennai 600028 (2007 — 7.6/10). Films span Chennai 600028 (2007) through Party (2017).
The Shiva & Venkat Prabhu partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings (2016). They didn't share a set between 2008 and 2016. From Chennai 600028 (2007) to Party (2017).
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 2010s to Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings. Shiva acted in every film; Venkat Prabhu directed all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Venkat Prabhu cast Shiva in Chennai 600028 because he wanted a fresh face who could play cricket naturally. Shiva was a state-level cricketer in school — that real sports background made the film's match scenes feel authentic.
- On the sets of Saroja (2008), Venkat Prabhu let Shiva improvise most of his comic lines. Shiva would try three or four variations of a joke in one take, and Venkat would pick the best one in the edit. That freedom shaped Shiva's signature deadpan delivery.
- Chennai 600028 (2007) launched the careers of at least five actors — Shiva, Jai, Vijay Vasanth, Aravind Akash, and Premji Amaran. None of them were stars before that film. It became the template for Tamil 'friend-group' sports comedies that followed.
- Shiva and Venkat Prabhu have been close friends since college. They studied together at the MGR Film Institute in Chennai. Their first short film as a team was a college project — Venkat directed, Shiva acted. That short got them noticed by a producer.
- Venkat Prabhu once said in an interview: 'Shiva is my lucky charm. Every time I write a script, I imagine his face in the lead role. If he says no, I rewrite it until he says yes.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2000s brought 2 films together, anchored by Chennai 600028 (7.6/10).
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.8/10.
- Chennai 600028
- Saroja
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
- Party0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Chennai 600028, Shiva had starred in 3 films, including Love Today (1997) and First Love Letter (1991).
After Party, Shiva went on to appear in 12 more films, including Idiot (2022) and Tamil Padam 2 (2018).
Before Chennai 600028, Venkat Prabhu had directed 6 films, including Dishyum (2006) and Mazhai (2005).
After Party, Venkat Prabhu went on to direct 9 more films, including Kasada Thapara (2021) and Adiyae (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shiva & Venkat Prabhu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sampath Raj is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 4 films. Sampath Raj appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. Yuvan Shankar Raja scored 3 of them.
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