Sachin Khedekar & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sachin Khedekar and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2019 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kushi (2023 — 6.3/10). Films span NTR Kathanayakudu (2019) through Kushi (2023).
The Sachin Khedekar & Vennela Kishore partnership
From NTR Kathanayakudu (2019) to Kushi (2023). Their most recent film, Kushi, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with NTR Kathanayakudu (2019).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to NTR Kathanayakudu; the 2020s to Kushi. Sachin Khedekar acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In NTR Kathanayakudu (2019), Sachin Khedekar played NTR's father — but Vennela Kishore wasn't even in the same room. Kishore's scenes were shot separately and edited in. They didn't actually meet on set until Khiladi (2022).
- In Khiladi (2022), director Ravi Chawla told them to just go at each other without a script for one scene. Sachin kept a straight face while Vennela improvised five different punchlines. The final cut used take three — because Sachin broke character laughing in take four.
- During Kushi (2023) promotions, Vennela Kishore admitted he was nervous acting opposite Sachin because he grew up watching his Marathi films. Sachin responded by pulling out his phone and showing Vennela a clip from a 1995 play — just to prove he'd been doing comedy longer.
- Vennela Kishore said in a 2023 interview: 'Sachin sir doesn't laugh at my jokes on set. He just stares. That stare is the biggest compliment — it means he's waiting for the real punchline.'
- Their back-and-forth in Khiladi (2022) was so well received that the film's writer, Prasanna Kumar Bezawada, directly wrote a comic subplot for them in Kushi (2023) — a father-son dynamic that wasn't in the original script.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.3/10.
- NTR Kathanayakudu
- Kushi
- Khiladi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of NTR Kathanayakudu, both already had careers — Sachin Khedekar with 35 films, Vennela Kishore with 60.
Before NTR Kathanayakudu, Sachin Khedekar had starred in 35 films, including Guru (2007) and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005).
After Kushi, Sachin Khedekar went on to appear in 12 more films, including Romeo S3 (2025) and Lucky Baskhar (2024).
Before NTR Kathanayakudu, Vennela Kishore had starred in 60 films, including Mudra (2018) and Manamantha (2016).
After Kushi, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 2 more films, including Hanuman (2024) and Gam Gam Ganesha (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sachin Khedekar & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Bharath Reddy is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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