Ashish Vidyarthi & M. S. Narayana Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ashish Vidyarthi and M. S. Narayana appeared together in 7 Telugu films between 2002 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Adhurs (2010 — 6.7/10). Films span Sreeram (2002) through Sher (2016).
The Ashish Vidyarthi & M. S. Narayana partnership
2013 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Sreeram (2002) to Sher (2016). It started with Sreeram (2002).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 71% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Vijayendra Varma; the 2010s to Adhurs. Ashish Vidyarthi acted in every film; M. S. Narayana acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Sreeram (2002), was a low-budget action drama. Ashish Vidyarthi was already a known face from Bollywood, but M. S. Narayana was still finding his footing in Telugu comedy. The director paired them specifically to give Narayana a chance to bounce off a seasoned villain — and it worked well enough to get them cast together again.
- In Adhurs (2010), their scenes together had a clear rhythm: Ashish played the loud, menacing villain while Narayana undercut him with deadpan, almost weary comic timing. Narayana later said in an interview that Ashish would deliberately pause mid-dialogue to let him slip in a punchline — a trick they perfected over six films.
- On the sets of Naayak (2013), the two developed a running joke: Ashish would call Narayana 'my lucky charm' because every film they did together had at least one scene that went viral on TV. Narayana would reply, 'You're the one who makes it look easy.' They'd share a smoke break between takes, something the crew still remembers.
- Their pairing in Baadshah (2013) — where Ashish played the main villain and Narayana a comedic sidekick — directly inspired the casting of a similar villain-comic duo in the 2014 film Loukyam. The director of Loukyam admitted in a press meet that he wanted 'the same energy Ashish and Narayana had'.
- M. S. Narayana once said about Ashish Vidyarthi: 'He never treated me like a junior artist. Even when I had just two lines, he'd rehearse with me like it was a climax scene. That's why I never said no to any film he was in.'
7 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 5 films, averaging 5.7/10.
- Vijayendra Varma
- Sreeram
- Adhurs
- Baadshah
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
39% of Ashish Vidyarthi's screen credits are with M. S. Narayana. When they first worked together, Ashish Vidyarthi had 0 films behind them; M. S. Narayana had 31.
Sreeram was Ashish Vidyarthi's acting debut.
After Sher, Ashish Vidyarthi went on to appear in 11 more films, including Adho Andha Paravai Pola (2022) and Writer Padmabhushan (2023).
Before Sreeram, M. S. Narayana had starred in 31 films, including Seenu (1999) and Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001).
After Sher, M. S. Narayana went on to appear in 1 more film, including Nenorakam (2017).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ashish Vidyarthi & M. S. Narayana's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Brahmanandam is the through-line — cast on 6 of their 7 films. Brahmanandam appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 6 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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