Kota Srinivasa Rao & Daggubati Venkatesh Movies Together List — 12 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Chinna Rayudu; the 2010s to Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Kota Srinivasa Rao acted in every film; Daggubati Venkatesh acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Shatruvu (1990), almost didn't happen. Venkatesh was hesitant to play a negative role, but Kota Srinivasa Rao personally convinced him by saying the villain would be the film's highlight. Venkatesh agreed, and the gamble paid off — the film was a hit.
• In Super Police (1994), Kota Srinivasa Rao played the comic sidekick to Venkatesh's hero. Their timing was so sharp that director K. Murali Mohana Rao let them improvise entire scenes. The result? A comedy track that audiences still remember more than the main plot.
• Their pairing in Malliswari (2004) directly launched a new trend: the 'older mentor' character in Telugu rom-coms. After Kota's turn as Venkatesh's wise, funny uncle, every other hero film for the next five years copied that dynamic — from Athadu to Bommarillu.
• On the sets of Kondapalli Raja (1993), Kota Srinivasa Rao would cook biryani for the entire unit every Sunday. Venkatesh later said those meals were the only reason he didn't complain about the grueling 18-hour shifts.
• "Kota garu is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines — because I'm laughing so hard at his improvisations." — Venkatesh, in a 2013 interview about Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu.