Yogi Babu

Yogi Babu
Babu in 2018
Born	(1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 39) Arani, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Manju Bhargavi ​ (m. 2020)​
Honours	Kalaimamani (2020)[1]

Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985^[2]) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. He has won Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Aandavan Kattalai (2016), Kolamavu Kokila (2018), Pariyerum Perumal (2018), Love Today (2022) and Maaveeran (2023).^[3][4][5][6] He is also a recipient of five SIIMA Awards.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Early and personal life

Yogi Babu was born on 22 July 1985 in Arani, his father was a havildar in the Indian Army, so Babu travelled extensively as a child, as a result of which he studied in Jammu in the early 1990s.^[11]

Babu married Manju Bhargavi on 5 February 2020 in an intimate ceremony held at their ancestral temple in Tiruttani.^[12][13]

Career

Babu worked as an assistant director in the Lollu Sabha, and helped writing scenes for two years.^[14][15] He made his feature film debut in the Ameer-starring Yogi (2009) as an aspiring actor and subsequently adapted the name of the film as a prefix for his stage name. He appeared as a goon in Paiyaa. He later appeared as a pimp in Sundar C's Kalakalappu (2012). In 2013, he appeared in his first extended comedy role with Pattathu Yaanai (2013)^[16] while he also featured in the Hindi film, Chennai Express alongside Shah Rukh Khan.^[17]

He then performed as a comedy rival to Sivakarthikeyan in Maan Karate (2014) and as eerie comedian in Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014). In 2015, he appeared in over a dozen films and won positive reviews for his work in Kaaka Muttai (2015) and Kirumi (2015).^[18] Yogi Babu had a breakthrough year in 2016, featuring in 20 films, and winning critical acclaim for his role alongside Vijay Sethupathi in Aandavan Kattalai (2016).^[19] This was followed by his role in Kolamavu Kokila (2018) where his one-sided lover portrayal opposite Nayanthara was critically acclaimed^[20] while the Kalyana Vayasu song^[21] and his antics in it went viral. He appears as supporting character in film Pariyerum Perumal (2018), the film released to positive reviews from critics, with critics praising the comedy and performance of Yogi Babu.^[22] He acted for the first time as lead role in Dharmaprabhu (2019) which he play of role of Yamantaka.^[23] He played a key role in Gurkha (2019). Babu is a security guard in this hostage drama written and directed by Sam Anton.^[24]

Starting his career as a comic relief in many films, he has also played leading roles in small budget films and garnered critical acclaim.^[25] In the 2021, political satire Mandela, he played the eponymous character whose single vote would decide the results of the panchayat elections and was very well received.^[26] He later played in leading roles as Pei Mama (2021), Panni Kutty (2022), Bommai Nayagi (2023), Yaanai Mugathaan (2023), Lucky Man (2023), Thookudurai (2024) and Boomer Uncle (2024).

Filmography

Films

• Note: All films are in Tamil, unless mentioned otherwise.

2000s

List of Yogi Babu film credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2009	Sirithal Rasipen	Henchman	uncredited role[27]
	Yogi	Aspiring actor	Credited as Babu

2010s

List of Yogi Babu film credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2010	Paiyaa	Telugu rowdy gang member	Credited as Babu
	Thillalangadi	Maasi's sidekick	uncredited role[28]
2011	Velayudham	Villager
	Thoonga Nagaram	Radha's fan
	Rajapattai	Azhagu
2012	Kalakalappu	Malaikotta Shankar
	Attakathi	Dinakaran's friend
	Kai	Puyal Perumal's friend
2013	Pattathu Yaanai	Henchman
	Soodhu Kavvum	Rowdy doctor's henchman
	Thee Kulikkum Pachai Maram	Selvam
	Chennai Express	Sri Lankan smuggler	Hindi film
2014	Veeram	Henchman
	Panivizhum Malarvanam	Tarun's friend
	Endrendrum	Film star
	Maan Karate	Vavaal
	Yennamo Yedho	Goon
	Aranmanai	Sagidi
	Jai Hind 2	Private school association member	Multilingual film
	Yaamirukka Bayamey	Panni Moonji Vaayan
2015	I	Keerthivasan's fan
	Kaaki Sattai	Beggar
	Iridiyam	Idimurasu
	Ivanuku Thannila Gandam	Man in hospital
	Komban	First man in fight
	India Pakistan	Aamai Kunju
	Demonte Colony	Browsing Boy
	Kaaka Muttai	Naina's friend
	Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum	Thief
	Sakalakala Vallavan	Chinnasamy's servant
	Yatchan	Durai's henchman
	Kirumi	Kadhir's friend
	Vedalam	Chatterjee
	Kaki: Sound of Warning	Chitram	Telugu film
2016	Vil Ambu	Honest
	Pokkiri Raja	Mojo
	Mapla Singam	Politician
	Hello Naan Pei Pesuren	Street Singer
	Jithan 2	Annayya
	Tea Kadai Raja	Saravana's friend
	Pandiyoda Galatta Thaangala	Thief
	Enakku Innoru Per Irukku	Ondipuli
	Muthina Kathirikai	Rowdy
	Metro	Subway Lover
	Jackson Durai	Mani
	Kuttrame Thandanai	Auto passenger
	Aandavan Kattalai	Muthupandi Selvam	Won, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian Won, Vikatan Award for Best Comedian-Male
	Remo	Remo's lover
	Kadalai	Kaali
	Kannula Kaasa Kattappa	Kettavan
	Virumandikum Sivanandikum	Moneylender's assistant
	Atti	Boxer Babu
	Veera Sivaji	Ramesh
	Mo	Pazhani
2017	Kattappava Kanom	Nandu
	Attu	Sappa
	Nagarvalam	Tamil teacher
	Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen	Babu
	Sathriyan	Samudhram's nephew
	Aaram Vetrumai	Tribal
	Ka Ka Ka: Aabathin Arikuri	Natchatiram
	Pichuva Kaththi	Babu
	Mersal	Nolan
	En Aaloda Seruppa Kaanom	'Remo' Ravi
	Sathya	Ram
	12-12-1950	Singam
	Balloon	Panda
2018	Gulaebaghavali	Panni
	Thaanaa Serndha Koottam	Narayanan
	Mannar Vagaiyara	Kannan	Guest appearance
	Kalakalappu 2	Bhagavan
	Solli Vidava	Yogi
	Veera	Jithesh
	Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala	Aadhi
	Kaali	Gopi
	Semma	Omagundam
	Oru Kuppai Kathai	Kumar's friend
	Semma Botha Aagathey	Soosai
	Mohini	Cotton
	Junga	Yo Yo
	Kolamavu Kokila	Sekar	Won, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian Won, Vikatan Award for Best Comedian-Male
	Echcharikkai	Frank De Souza
	Avalukkenna Azhagiya Mugam	Arivu's friend
	Seemaraja	Ravana	Uncredited in song "Varum Anna Varathu"[29]
	Pariyerum Perumal	Anand	Won, Vikatan Award for Best Comedian-Male
	Sarkar	Kaushik
	Kaatrin Mozhi	Mahesh Babu	Cameo
	Silukkuvarupatti Singam	Tony
2019	Maanik	Research and Analysis Wing officer
	Viswasam	Velu
	Kuthoosi	Velu's friend
	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	Azhagu
	Thadam	Suruli
	Pattipulam	Udhay's friend
	Airaa	Mani
	Kuppathu Raja	Kaisamaa
	Watchman	Maari
	K-13	Delivery boy
	100	M.Jackson
	Ayogya	Thief
	Mr.Local	Auto Sekar
	Lisaa	Priest
	Dharmaprabhu	Yamantaka
	Gorilla	Pickpocket
	Gurkha	Babu
	Jackpot	Rahul
	Comali	Mani	Won, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
	Zombie	Pistol Raj
	Namma Veettu Pillai	Lawyer	Cameo
	Petromax	Paal Pandi
	Puppy	Senior
	Bigil	Donald
	Butler Balu	Ajaykumar's friend
	Action	Jack
	Jada	Messi
	Iruttu	Vanangamudi	Cameo
	Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale	Himself
	Chennai 2 Bangkok	Dissatisfied husband
	50/50	Kai Kulandhai

2020s

List of Yogi Babu film credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2020	Darbar	Kaushik
	Taana	Dooma
	Dagaalty	Dheena
	Sandimuni	Gorakh
	Naan Sirithal	Dilli Babu
	Asuraguru	'Digital India' Dinakaran
	Cocktail	Don
	Naanga Romba Busy	Kuberan
	Kanni Raasi	Vairamani
2021	Trip	Azhagan
	Engada Iruthinga Ivvalavu Naala	Aspiring actor
	Sulthan	Otta Lorry
	Mandela	Nelson Mandela
	Karnan	Vadamalaiyaan
	Vanakkam Da Mappillai	Himself	Guest appearance
	Vellai Yaanai	Kolukattai
	Dikkiloona	Albert aka Einstein
	Annabelle Sethupathi	Shanmugam
	Pei Mama	Kohli Kumar
	Doctor	Prathap
	Aranmanai 3	Abhishek
	Raajavamsam	Mayakannan
	Murungakkai Chips	Saravanan
2022	Theal	Tiger
	Veerame Vaagai Soodum	Thalapathy
	Kadaisi Vivasayi	Thadikozhanthai
	Hey Sinamika	Paalmali Baba
	Beast	Jill
	Koogle Kuttappa	Babu
	Centimeter	Centimeter	Partially reshot Tamil version of Jack N' Jill
	Veetla Vishesham	NEET coaching center owner	Cameo
	Yaanai	Jimmy
	Panni Kutty	Thittani
	Kichi Kichi	Boss
	The Legend	Dada
	Naane Varuvean	Guna
	Pistha	Mark
	Repeat Shoe	Maari
	Love Today	Yogi	Won, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian Won, Vikatan Award for Best Comedian-Male
	Coffee with Kadhal	"Wedding planner" Vignesh "MasterChef" Mahesh "Photographer" Lingesh "Mango player" Mukesh
	Dha Dha
	Oh My Ghost	Raja Guru
	Mofussil	Surya's friend
2023	Varisu	Kicha
	Bommai Nayagi	Velu
	The Great Indian Kitchen	Husband's friend
	Irumban	Blade
	Ghosty	Mental hospital patient
	Yaanai Mugathaan	Ganesan
	Tamilarasan	Rowdy
	Pichaikkaran 2	Maddy
	Karungaapiyam	Pacha Satta Naran
	Kasethan Kadavulada	Babu
	Takkar	Varada Rajan and Don Max
	Maaveeran	Kumar	Won, Vikatan Award for Best Comedian-Male
	Let's Get Married	Mahindra
	Jailer	Vimal	Won, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
	Partner	Kalyanaraman
	Karumegangal Kalaigindrana	Veeramani
	Lucky Man	Murugan
	Jawan	Health Minister's secretary	Tamil version
	Dhillu Irundha Poradu
	Shot Boot Three	Thala Kumar
	Kuiko	Malaiyappan
	Sarakku
2024	Ayalaan	Tyson
	Thookudurai	Manna
	Local Sarakku	Saravanan's friend
	Siren	Velankanni
	Yaavarum Vallavare	Cameraman
	Boomer Uncle	Nesam
	Romeo	Vikram
	Rathnam	Moorthy
	Aranmanai 4	Mason
	Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil	Saravanan	Malayalam film[30][31]
	Haraa	Lawyer	[32]
	Teenz	Thanikachalam	Special appearance[33]
	Boat	Kumaran	[34]
	Andhagan	Murali	[35]
	The Greatest of All Time	Diamond Babu	[36]
	Kozhipannai Chelladurai	Periyasamy	[37]
	Kanguva	Colt 95
	Jolly O Gymkhana	Father Martin Luther King

Upcoming films

List of Yogi Babu film credits

Title	Role(s)	Notes
Gajaana	TBA	[38]
Medical Miracle	TBA	[39]
The Raja Saab	TBA	Telugu film[40]
Ace	TBA
Malai	TBA
Aghathiyaa	TBA	[41]

Television

List of Yogi Babu television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004–2007	Lollu Sabha
2012–2013	My Name Is Mangamma	Pappu Dhadha
2021	Navarasa	Velusamy
2024	Chutney Sambar	Sachin Babu "Sachu" / Vignesh Babu	[42]

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External links

• Yogi Babu at IMDb