Srikanth & M. S. Narayana Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Srikanth and M. S. Narayana appeared together in 10 Telugu films between 1999 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Shankar Dada MBBS (2004 — 6.9/10). Films span Preyasi Raave (1999) through Govindudu Andarivadele (2014).
The Srikanth & M. S. Narayana partnership
2003 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. From Preyasi Raave (1999) to Govindudu Andarivadele (2014).
It started with Preyasi Raave (1999).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 70% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Preyasi Raave; the 2010s to Govindudu Andarivadele. Srikanth acted in every film; M. S. Narayana acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Srikanth and M. S. Narayana first shared screen space in 'Preyasi Raave' (1999) because the director, V. R. K. Prasad, needed a comedian who could match Srikanth's fast-paced dialogue delivery. Narayana was brought in specifically to spar with him in the comedy track.
- In 'Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli' (2003), Narayana would deliberately pause mid-sentence during takes, forcing Srikanth to improvise his reactions. Srikanth later said those unscripted beats became the film's funniest moments.
- Their double-act in 'Chala Bagundi' (2000) was so popular that the film's producer, K. S. Rama Rao, greenlit a spin-off comedy track for them in his next production 'Nenu Pelliki Ready' (2003), essentially making them a packaged duo for that producer's films.
- On the sets of 'Sarada Saradaga' (2006), Srikanth and Narayana had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the entire unit chai. Narayana lost every single day — on purpose, because he liked the break.
- Srikanth once told a fan magazine: 'Narayana garu is the only co-actor who made me forget my lines because I was laughing so hard. We never rehearsed — we just trusted each other to catch the ball.'
10 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 7 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Preyasi Raave
- Shankar Dada MBBS
- Sarada Saradaga
- Govindudu Andarivadele
- Devaraya
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
42% of M. S. Narayana's screen credits are with Srikanth. When they first worked together, Srikanth had 46 films behind them; M. S. Narayana had 3. After Govindudu Andarivadele, Srikanth kept going for 30 more films; M. S. Narayana stepped back.
Before Preyasi Raave, Srikanth had starred in 46 films, including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1976) and Aval (1972).
After Govindudu Andarivadele, Srikanth went on to appear in 30 more films, including Blackmail (2025) and 10th Class Diaries (2022).
Before Preyasi Raave, M. S. Narayana had starred in 3 films, including Choodalani Vundi (1998) and M Dharmaraju M.A. (1994).
After Govindudu Andarivadele, M. S. Narayana went on to appear in 11 more films, including S/O Satyamurthy (2015) and Nenorakam (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Srikanth & M. S. Narayana's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Meka Srikanth is the through-line — cast on 10 of their 10 films. Meka Srikanth appears alongside them in 10 films — practically a third lead.
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