Ajay & Rahul Dev Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ajay and Rahul Dev appeared together in 5 Telugu films between 2006 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Yagam (2010 — 6.7/10). Films span Pournami (2006) through Okka Ammayi Thappa (2016).
The Ajay & Rahul Dev partnership
From Pournami (2006) to Okka Ammayi Thappa (2016). It started with Pournami (2006).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Pournami; the 2010s to Yagam. Ajay acted in every film; Rahul Dev acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ajay and Rahul Dev first shared screen in Yagam (2010) because the director wanted a menacing face that Telugu audiences hadn't seen before. Rahul Dev, then known mostly for Hindi films, was flown in specifically to play the antagonist opposite Ajay's hero.
- In Yevadu (2014), their fight sequence in the climax was shot in one continuous take for nearly four minutes. Rahul Dev later said Ajay insisted on doing the entire scene without cuts because he wanted the tension to feel real, not edited.
- During the shoot of Okka Ammayi Thappa (2016), Ajay and Rahul Dev shared a hotel room for three weeks in a small town near Rajahmundry. They spent nights discussing old Telugu films and became close enough that Rahul Dev attended Ajay's wedding reception the next year.
- Rahul Dev once told a Hyderabad radio station: 'Ajay is the only hero who called me after every single film we did together, just to ask if I was happy with my role. That never happened with anyone else.'
- Their pairing in Yagam (2010) directly led to Rahul Dev being cast as the main villain in two more Telugu films that year — because producers saw how effectively Ajay's raw energy bounced off Rahul Dev's cold silence.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2010s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.5/10.
- Pournami
- Yagam
- Veera
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Okka Ammayi Thappa, Ajay kept going for 54 more films; Rahul Dev stepped back.
Before Pournami, Ajay had starred in 9 films, including Athanokkade (2005) and Chatrapathi (2005).
After Okka Ammayi Thappa, Ajay went on to appear in 54 more films, including Thimmarusu: Assignment Vali (2021) and 18 Pages (2022).
Before Pournami, Rahul Dev had starred in 23 films, including Athadu (2005) and Mazhai (2005).
After Okka Ammayi Thappa, Rahul Dev went on to appear in 16 more films, including Bloody Ishq (2024) and Coffee (2022).
Collaboration Journey
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Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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