Akkineni Nagarjuna & Girish Karnad Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Akkineni Nagarjuna and Girish Karnad appeared together in 2 Telugu films between 1990 and 1997. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ratchagan (1997 — 5.0/10). Films span Chaitanya (1990) through Ratchagan (1997).
The Akkineni Nagarjuna & Girish Karnad partnership
From Chaitanya (1990) to Ratchagan (1997). The ran closed with Ratchagan in 1997. It started with Chaitanya (1990).
The shape of the work
Akkineni Nagarjuna acted in every film; Girish Karnad acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Ratchagan
- Chaitanya
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Ratchagan, Akkineni Nagarjuna kept going for 90 more films; Girish Karnad stepped back.
Chaitanya was Akkineni Nagarjuna's acting debut.
After Ratchagan, Akkineni Nagarjuna went on to appear in 90 more films, including Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013) and Jagadguru Adi Shankara (2013).
Before Chaitanya, Girish Karnad had starred in 19 films, including Tarang (1984) and Apne Paraye (1980).
After Ratchagan, Girish Karnad went on to appear in 22 more films, including Iqbal (2005) and Dor (2006).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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