Praveen & Dhanraj Sukhram Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s belonged to Bhagya Nagara Veedhullo Gammathu; the 2020s to Bachhala Malli. Praveen acted in every film; Dhanraj Sukhram acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Dhanraj Sukhram cast Praveen in 'Bhagya Nagara Veedhullo Gammathu' (2019) after seeing him in a small comic role in another film. Praveen was initially hesitant because the character required him to play a much older man.
• In 'Kaliyuga' (2019), Dhanraj wrote a monologue specifically for Praveen that ran over three minutes. Praveen shot it in one take, and Dhanraj kept the first take in the final cut — something he has never done with any other actor.
• During the shoot of 'Bhagya Nagara Veedhullo Gammathu', Praveen and Dhanraj would eat lunch together every single day under a specific neem tree near the set. They called it their 'office'.
• Dhanraj Sukhram said in a 2020 interview: 'Praveen is the only actor who can make me rewrite a scene on set. He'll say, "This line doesn't sound like my character," and nine times out of ten, he's right.'
• The success of their first two hits in 2019 convinced producers to greenlight a wave of small-town comedy-dramas in Telugu cinema over the next two years — a trend that directly led to films like 'Dhamaka' and 'Mallesham' getting funded.