Gautham Menon & Rana Daggubati Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gautham Menon and Rana Daggubati appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016 — 5.9/10). Films span Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016) through Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019).
The Gautham Menon & Rana Daggubati partnership
From Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016) to Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019). It started with Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016).
The shape of the work
Gautham Menon directed every film; Rana Daggubati acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Gautham Menon originally wanted a different actor for the lead in Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016). Rana Daggubati heard about the script through a common friend and called Gautham directly, saying he had to do it. Gautham rewrote the role to fit Rana's intensity.
- On the sets of Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo (2016), Gautham realized Rana's Telugu diction was too strong for Tamil audiences. So Gautham himself dubbed Rana's lines in Tamil for that film — a rare move where the director became the actor's voice.
- Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019) was the first Tamil film to feature a real, unscripted deep-sea diving sequence — Rana insisted on doing it without a stunt double, and Gautham shot it with a single GoPro. That scene later inspired a similar underwater chase in a 2022 Netflix Tamil original.
- During the shoot of Enai Noki Paayum Thota, Rana would cook biryani for the entire crew every Sunday. Gautham later said in an interview that those Sundays were the only days the unit didn't fight over shot lists.
- Gautham Menon said about Rana: 'He is the only actor who argued with me for 45 minutes about a single line, and then delivered it exactly the way I wanted. That's why I made three films with him.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada
- Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada, both already had careers — Gautham Menon with 16 films, Rana Daggubati with 10.
Before Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada, Gautham Menon had directed 16 films, including Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006).
After Enai Noki Paayum Thota, Gautham Menon went on to direct 15 more films, including Viduthalai (2023) and Oh My Kadavule (2020).
Before Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada, Rana Daggubati had starred in 10 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Baby (2015).
After Enai Noki Paayum Thota, Rana Daggubati went on to appear in 16 more films, including Viraata Parvam (2022) and Kalki 2898 AD (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gautham Menon & Rana Daggubati's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Baba Sehgal is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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