Ashish Vidyarthi & Raghu Babu Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ashish Vidyarthi and Raghu Babu appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2010 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Adhurs (2010 — 6.7/10). Films span Adhurs (2010) through Gopala Gopala (2015).
The Ashish Vidyarthi & Raghu Babu partnership
From Adhurs (2010) to Gopala Gopala (2015). It started with Adhurs (2010).
The shape of the work
Ashish Vidyarthi acted in every film; Raghu Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Adhurs (2010), Ashish Vidyarthi played the villain while Raghu Babu played his sidekick. But Raghu Babu kept improvising comic lines during their scenes together, forcing Ashish to break character and laugh. The director kept those takes in the final cut.
- During the shoot of Naayak (2013), Raghu Babu would bring homemade pickles from his village for Ashish Vidyarthi every single day. Ashish later said that pickle jar became the only thing he looked forward to on that set.
- Ashish Vidyarthi once told a Hyderabad radio station: 'Raghu Babu doesn't act with you. He bullies you into reacting. I had to work twice as hard just to keep up with his timing.'
- Their comic-villain duo in Adhurs (2010) was so popular that director V. V. Vinayak specifically wrote a similar double-act for them in Naayak (2013). That film's success then inspired a wave of 'funny henchman' characters in Telugu masala movies for the next three years.
- They first met on the sets of Adhurs (2010) when Ashish Vidyarthi walked up to Raghu Babu and said, 'I've seen your comedy shows. You're going to make me look bad.' Raghu Babu laughed and replied, 'That's the plan.' They became friends right there.
3 films across 1 decade
- Adhurs
- Gopala Gopala
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Ashish Vidyarthi had 13 films behind them; Raghu Babu had 52. After Gopala Gopala, Raghu Babu kept going for 87 more films; Ashish Vidyarthi stepped back.
Before Adhurs, Ashish Vidyarthi had starred in 13 films, including Athanokkade (2005) and Ghilli (2004).
After Gopala Gopala, Ashish Vidyarthi went on to appear in 14 more films, including Adho Andha Paravai Pola (2022) and Writer Padmabhushan (2023).
Before Adhurs, Raghu Babu had starred in 52 films, including Classmates (2007) and Sasirekha Parinayam (2009).
After Gopala Gopala, Raghu Babu went on to appear in 87 more films, including Samajavaragamana (2023) and Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ashish Vidyarthi & Raghu Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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