Ramya Krishnan & Roja Selvamani Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Annamayya; the 2000s to Kuttrapathirikai. Ramya Krishnan acted in every film; Roja Selvamani acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in telugu.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Mugguru Monagallu (1994), was a multi-starrer where both were part of a large ensemble. It wasn't until Annamayya (1997) that they actually shared significant screen time as a pair — and that film became a devotional classic that cemented both their places in Telugu cinema.
• In Sammakka Sarakka (2000), Ramya Krishnan played the fierce tribal warrior Sammakka while Roja played her daughter Sarakka. Their on-screen mother-daughter bond was so intense that audiences in Telangana still treat the film as a semi-religious text — it's screened at tribal festivals every year.
• Kuttrapathirikai (2007) was a Tamil film that marked their only collaboration outside Telugu. It was a courtroom drama directed by Ramya Krishnan's then-husband, and Roja played the female lead opposite her. The film flopped, but it's the only time two Telugu heroines headlined a Tamil film together in that era.
• Despite acting in five films together over 13 years, Ramya and Roja were never close friends off-screen. They were professional colleagues who respected each other's craft but ran in different social circles — Ramya was already a star when they started, while Roja was still establishing herself.
• Roja once said in an interview: 'Ramya is one of the few actresses who can make you forget the camera is rolling. In Annamayya, I learned more watching her than from any acting class.'