Sathish & Mayilsamy Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sathish and Mayilsamy appeared together in 4 Tamil films between 2016 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Remo (2016 — 5.6/10). Films span Remo (2016) through Pakka (2018).
The Sathish & Mayilsamy partnership
Between 2016 and 2018, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 2 years. From Remo (2016) to Pakka (2018). It started with Remo (2016).
The shape of the work
Sathish acted in every film; Mayilsamy acted in all of them. Strictly Tamil cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Sathish was a writer on Remo before he was cast as a co-star. Mayilsamy, already a popular comedian, pushed the director to give Sathish more screen time — that’s how their on-screen duo was born.
- In Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva, Mayilsamy deliberately slowed down his comic timing to match Sathish’s deadpan delivery. Sathish later said that Mayilsamy’s patience made him look funnier than he actually was.
- During the shoot of Hara Hara Mahadevaki, Sathish and Mayilsamy shared a room in a budget lodge for three weeks. They’d rehearse scenes at 2 AM, waking up the crew with their laughter.
- Pakka (2018) was their only hit together, but it directly led to Sathish getting his first lead role in a comedy film. Mayilsamy recommended him to the director of that next project.
- Mayilsamy once told a magazine: 'Sathish doesn't try to be funny. He just stands there and I do the work. That's why we worked — he let me be the loud one.'
- In Remo, Sathish improvised a line about Mayilsamy’s character being 'too old for this'. Mayilsamy responded by ad-libbing a fake heart attack. The director kept the take because the crew couldn’t stop laughing.
4 films across 1 decade
- Remo
- Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Sathish had 19 films behind them; Mayilsamy had 71.
Before Remo, Sathish had starred in 19 films, including Kaththi (2014) and Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011).
After Pakka, Sathish went on to appear in 33 more films, including Kanam (2022) and Sattam En Kaiyil (2024).
Before Remo, Mayilsamy had starred in 71 films, including Maasi (2012) and Jayam (2003).
After Pakka, Mayilsamy went on to appear in 27 more films, including Server Sundaram (2020) and Idiot (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sathish & Mayilsamy's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manobala is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 4 films. Manobala appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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