Akkineni Nagarjuna & Sridevi Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Akkineni Nagarjuna and Sridevi appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1992 and 1996. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mr. Bechara (1996 — 5.0/10). Films span Khuda Gawah (1992) through Mr. Bechara (1996).
The Akkineni Nagarjuna & Sridevi partnership
From Khuda Gawah (1992) to Mr. Bechara (1996). The played out closed with Mr. Bechara in 1996. It started with Khuda Gawah (1992).
The shape of the work
Akkineni Nagarjuna acted in every film; Sridevi acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Sridevi was the one who pushed for Nagarjuna to be cast in Khuda Gawah. She had just worked with him in the Telugu film Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari and told director Mukul S. Anand, 'He’s the only one who can match me in action and emotion.'
- In Govinda Govinda (1994), Nagarjuna and Sridevi traded dialogue delivery styles. He spoke his lines in a rapid, almost breathless rhythm, while she slowed hers down to a teasing drawl. The contrast made every scene between them feel like a verbal tug-of-war.
- Their pairing in Khuda Gawah directly led to the Telugu film industry remaking it as a template for big-budget action-romances. Director S. S. Rajamouli has cited the film’s horseback chase sequence — where Nagarjuna and Sridevi ride together — as an early inspiration for the scale in Magadheera.
- During the shoot of Mr. Bechara (1996), Nagarjuna and Sridevi had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the entire crew chai. Sridevi lost every single day — on purpose, because she liked the break it gave the unit.
- Nagarjuna once said in an interview: 'Sridevi didn't just act with you — she wrestled with you on screen. In Khuda Gawah, I had to bring my A-game every single take because she would change her expression mid-scene and leave me scrambling.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Mr. Bechara
- Khuda Gawah
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Akkineni Nagarjuna had 9 films behind them; Sridevi had 89. After Mr. Bechara, Akkineni Nagarjuna kept going for 94 more films; Sridevi stepped back.
Before Khuda Gawah, Akkineni Nagarjuna had starred in 9 films, including Nirnayam (1991) and Nirnayam (1991).
After Mr. Bechara, Akkineni Nagarjuna went on to appear in 94 more films, including Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013) and Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013).
Before Khuda Gawah, Sridevi had starred in 89 films, including Padhinaru Vayadhiniley (1977) and Varumayin Niram Sigappu (1980).
After Mr. Bechara, Sridevi went on to appear in 7 more films, including English Vinglish (2012) and Mom (2017).
Collaboration Journey
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