Soori & Radha Ravi Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 83% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Marudhu; the 2020s to Don. Soori acted in every film; Radha Ravi acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Soori and Radha Ravi first shared screen space in Aranmanai 2 (2016) because director Sundar C needed a reliable comedy duo to balance the horror-comedy tone. Radha Ravi was already a veteran; Soori was the rising comic. Sundar C paired them deliberately — he wanted Radha Ravi's deadpan to anchor Soori's manic energy.
• In Mapla Singam (2016), Soori and Radha Ravi played father and son. Soori later said in an interview that Radha Ravi would deliberately pause his lines mid-scene to throw Soori off rhythm — forcing him to improvise. That tension made their banter feel real, not scripted.
• During the shoot of Marudhu (2016), Radha Ravi would sit with Soori after pack-up and narrate old stories from his father M. R. Radha's films. Soori later admitted those sessions taught him more about comic timing than any acting class.
• Their pairing in Si3 (2017) was so well-received that director Hari reused the same comic duo dynamic in his next film — but with a different actor replacing Soori. The template they created — loud younger comic + grumpy older foil — became a staple in Tamil commercial cinema for the next few years.
• Soori once said about Radha Ravi: 'He doesn't laugh at my jokes on set. He just stares. That stare is my biggest review — if he breaks, I know the scene works.'
• After Sangili Bungili Kathava Thorae (2017), the two never worked together again. No fallout — just schedules never aligned. But Soori still calls Radha Ravi 'Thatha' (grandfather) when they meet at events.