Ashish Vidyarthi & Brahmanandam Movies Together List — 12 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Ghilli; the 2020s to Guntur Kaaram. Ashish Vidyarthi acted in every film; Brahmanandam acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Sreeram (2002), was a disaster — 4.2 rating, no one saw it. But director V. V. Vinayak liked their energy together and immediately cast them both again in Ghilli (2004). That film became a blockbuster and basically launched their on-screen pairing.
• In Ghilli (2004), Brahmanandam played a bumbling sidekick while Ashish Vidyarthi was the menacing villain. The trick? Brahmanandam would deliberately flub his lines to make Ashish break character mid-scene. Ashish told an interviewer that Brahmanandam's improvisations forced him to stay sharp and not rely on his usual 'angry stare' routine.
• Their pairing in Athanokkade (2005) — where Ashish played a ruthless don and Brahmanandam a terrified informant — directly inspired the comic-relief-villain dynamic in later films like Kick (2009) and Race Gurram (2014). Directors started writing specific 'Brahmanandam vs Ashish' scenes after that film's success.
• On the sets of Naayak (2013), Ashish Vidyarthi and Brahmanandam had a running bet: whoever forgot their lines first had to buy lunch for the entire unit. Ashish lost 7 times in a row. Brahmanandam still jokes that Ashish funded half his meals that year.
• Their 12th film together, Guntur Kaaram (2024), was a blockbuster (85 crores). But here's the thing: it was the first time in 6 years they shared screen time. The gap was because younger heroes stopped casting older villain-comedy pairs. That film's success brought the duo back into demand — two new projects with both of them were announced within months.