Uday Kiran & Teja Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Uday Kiran and Teja appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2000 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Avunanna Kadanna (2005 — 6.5/10). Films span Chitram (2000) through Avunanna Kadanna (2005).
The Uday Kiran & Teja partnership
From Chitram (2000) to Avunanna Kadanna (2005). The played out closed with Avunanna Kadanna in 2005. It started with Chitram (2000).
The shape of the work
Uday Kiran acted in every film; Teja directed all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Teja discovered Uday Kiran as a junior artist on the sets of his earlier film 'Sisindri'. He cast him as the lead in 'Chitram' (2000) after seeing him hang around the set for months, desperate for a break.
- On 'Nuvvu Nenu' (2001), Teja deliberately shot Uday Kiran's scenes in long, unbroken takes to capture his natural awkwardness. That hesitation became the character's charm — something no other director got out of Uday.
- 'Chitram' (2000) launched the 'boy-next-door' hero trend in Telugu cinema. Every small-town romance film for the next five years — including 'Nuvvu Nenu' — copied its template of a shy guy chasing a confident girl.
- Teja and Uday Kiran had a falling out after 'Avunanna Kadanna' (2005) because Teja felt Uday had become too image-conscious and stopped taking direction. They never worked together again.
- Teja once said in an interview: 'Uday was like clay in my hands for Chitram. By Avunanna Kadanna, he was marble — hard and unwilling to be reshaped.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Avunanna Kadanna
- Chitram
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
Chitram was Uday Kiran's acting debut.
After Avunanna Kadanna, Uday Kiran went on to appear in 10 more films, including Poi (2006) and Lakshmi Putrudu (2008).
Before Chitram, Teja had directed 5 films, including Baazi (1995) and Raat (1992).
After Avunanna Kadanna, Teja went on to direct 9 more films, including Nene Raju Nene Mantri (2017) and Ahimsa (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Uday Kiran & Teja's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Banerjee is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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