Comedian Yogi Babu is one of the top comedians of Tamil cinema and he is a part of almost every movie that releases. This year, he had acted with both the top heroes of Tamil industry - Thala Ajith and Thalapathy Vijay in Viswasam and Bigil and had also acted as a hero in few movies.

Yogi Babu will be seen next as a footballer, in the Kathir starrer Jadaa, which is directed by debutant Kumaran. It has been revealed that Yogi Babu's character has been named as Messi, after the popular Argentinian player. Jadaa releases worldwide on December 6.

Yogi Babu was seen as a football player in recent movies like Bigil and Puppy too, and was a state level player before entering films. After playing lead roles in movies like Gurkha and Dharmaprabhu, Yogi Babu is playing lead roles in movies such as Pannikutty and Mandela.