Pooja Hegde & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Pooja Hegde and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2017 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Saakshyam (2018 — 7.1/10). Films span Duvvada Jagannadham (2017) through Maharshi (2019).
The Pooja Hegde & Vennela Kishore partnership
From Duvvada Jagannadham (2017) to Maharshi (2019). Saakshyam is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Duvvada Jagannadham (2017).
The shape of the work
Pooja Hegde acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Pooja Hegde and Vennela Kishore first shared screen space in Duvvada Jagannadham (2017), but they didn't have a single scene together. Their actual collaboration started only in the next film, Saakshyam (2018).
- In Maharshi (2019), Vennela Kishore played Pooja's brother. Their sibling scenes worked because Kishore deliberately underplayed his comedy — he let Pooja's reactions do the heavy lifting, making their banter feel natural instead of forced.
- On the sets of Saakshyam (2018), Vennela Kishore would quietly feed Pooja Hegde one-liners between takes. She'd then deliver them in her own rhythm during the actual shot — he set the pace, she chose the timing.
- During the Maharshi (2019) shoot, Vennela Kishore and Pooja Hegde developed a ritual: before every scene together, they'd do a quick Telugu tongue-twister challenge. Whoever messed up had to buy coffee for the crew that day.
- Vennela Kishore once said in an interview: 'Pooja has this amazing ability to make even a flat line sound funny. I just had to stand there and let her cook.'
- Their brother-sister act in Maharshi (2019) was so well-received that the film's director, Vamshi Paidipally, later cast Vennela Kishore as a family member in his next project — directly inspired by how natural they looked together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Saakshyam
- Maharshi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Pooja Hegde had 3 films behind them; Vennela Kishore had 40.
Before Duvvada Jagannadham, Pooja Hegde had starred in 3 films, including Mohenjo Daro (2016) and Oka Laila Kosam (2014).
After Maharshi, Pooja Hegde went on to appear in 12 more films, including Ala Vaikunthapuramulo (2020) and Retro (2025).
Before Duvvada Jagannadham, Vennela Kishore had starred in 40 films, including Manamantha (2016) and Kshanam (2016).
After Maharshi, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 22 more films, including Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022) and Hanuman (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Pooja Hegde & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Brahmaji is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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