Akkineni Nagarjuna & Amala Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Akkineni Nagarjuna and Amala appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 1990 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hello (2017 — 7.5/10). Films span Shiva (1990) through Hello (2017).
The Akkineni Nagarjuna & Amala partnership
After 22 years apart, they came back together for Hello (2017). They didn't share a set between 1995 and 2017. They saved their best for last — Hello (7.5/10) came 27 years in.
From Shiva (1990) to Hello (2017). Hello is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 1990s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Nirnayam; the 2010s to Hello. Akkineni Nagarjuna acted in every film; Amala acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Hindi.
Partnership facts
- Nagarjuna personally convinced Amala to sign 'Shiva' (1990) after the director Ram Gopal Varma was unsure about casting a non-Telugu actress for the role. She was hesitant because she didn't know Telugu, but Nagarjuna promised to help her with the dialogues on set.
- On the sets of 'Nirnayam' (1991), Nagarjuna would rehearse his lines with Amala in English first, then translate them into Telugu for her. She later said this method helped her deliver her dialogues with the right emotion, even though she didn't speak the language fluently.
- Nagarjuna and Amala got married in 1992, right after 'Nirnayam' released. Their wedding was a quiet, low-key affair — no film industry crowd, just close family. They didn't announce it publicly until weeks later.
- Their son, Naga Chaitanya, made his acting debut in 2009. Both Nagarjuna and Amala were on set for his first film 'Josh' — Nagarjuna as producer, Amala as moral support. That film launched Chaitanya's career, which wouldn't exist without this pair.
- Amala once said in an interview: 'Nagarjuna made me feel like I belonged on a Telugu set. He never made me feel like an outsider.' She was referring to their first film together, 'Shiva'.
4 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2010s brought 1 film together, anchored by Hello (7.5/10).
- Nirnayam
- Sisindri
- Hello
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 27 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Shiva was Akkineni Nagarjuna's acting debut.
After Hello, Akkineni Nagarjuna went on to appear in 13 more films, including Naa Saami Ranga (2024) and Anaganaga Oka Raju (2026).
Before Shiva, Amala had starred in 25 films, including Agni Nakshatram (1988) and Oru Iniya Udayam (1986).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Akkineni Nagarjuna & Amala's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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