Akkineni Nagarjuna & Amitabh Bachchan Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Khuda Gawah; the 2020s to Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva. Akkineni Nagarjuna acted in every film; Amitabh Bachchan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Nagarjuna personally flew to Mumbai to narrate the script of Khuda Gawah to Amitabh. Big B was so moved by the story that he agreed on the spot — no formalities, no agents.
• In Khuda Gawah, Amitabh played the Afghan warrior and Nagarjuna played his son. But on set, Nagarjuna was the one teaching Amitabh the horse-riding stunts — the 'son' coached the 'father' for the action scenes.
• After Khuda Gawah wrapped, Nagarjuna gifted Amitabh a custom-made silver dagger from Hyderabad. Amitabh still keeps it in his study at Jalsa — he mentioned it in a 2019 chat with Nagarjuna before Brahmastra released.
• Their only hit together — Brahmastra — directly launched the career of Ranbir Kapoor's son? No. But it did make Ayan Mukerji the first Hindi director to build a superhero universe from scratch. Without their pairing as guru and shishya, that film's emotional core wouldn't have worked.
• "He is the only co-star who made me feel like a junior artiste on set — in a good way. He'd finish his lines and then ask me, 'Sir, should I try it again?' That humility is rare." — Amitabh Bachchan on Nagarjuna, during a 2019 promotional event for Brahmastra.
• Agni Varsha happened only because Nagarjuna called Amitabh and said, 'I'm producing a film based on a play. No songs, no fights — just dialogue. Will you do it?' Amitabh said yes without reading the script. That film bombed, but they never regretted it.