Venkat Prabhu & Yuvan Shankar Raja Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Venkat Prabhu and Yuvan Shankar Raja appeared together in 10 Tamil films between 2002 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chennai 600028 (2007 — 7.6/10). Films span April Maadhathil (2002) through The Greatest of All Time (2024).
The Venkat Prabhu & Yuvan Shankar Raja partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Tamil cinema. From April Maadhathil (2002) 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 April Maadhathil (2002).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Chennai 600028; the 2020s to The Greatest of All Time. Venkat Prabhu actor in some, director in others.
10 films across 3 decades
The 2000s brought 4 films together, anchored by Chennai 600028 (7.6/10).
The 2010s brought 4 films together, anchored by Mankatha (7.1/10).
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.5/10.
- Chennai 600028
- Saroja
- Mankatha
- Chennai 600028 II: Second Innings
- The Greatest of All Time
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The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
100% of Venkat Prabhu's screen credits are with Yuvan Shankar Raja.
April Maadhathil was Venkat Prabhu's directorial debut.
Before April Maadhathil, Yuvan Shankar Raja had starred in 9 films, including Dheena (2001) and Poovellam Kettuppar (1999).
After The Greatest of All Time, Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to appear in 6 more films, including Maareesan (2025) and Sweetheart! (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Venkat Prabhu & Yuvan Shankar Raja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Premgi Amaran is the through-line — cast on 8 of their 10 films. Premgi Amaran appears alongside them in 8 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 11 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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