Rajendra Prasad & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajendra Prasad and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 10 Telugu films between 2012 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nannaku Prematho (2016 — 7.5/10). Films span Lovely (2012) through Waltair Veerayya (2023).
The Rajendra Prasad & Vennela Kishore partnership
2019 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. From Lovely (2012) to Waltair Veerayya (2023). For 11 years, a Rajendra–Vennela film arrived almost every year.
Their most recent film, Waltair Veerayya, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. Nannaku Prematho is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Nannaku Prematho; the 2020s to Waltair Veerayya. Rajendra Prasad acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Lovely (2012), almost didn't happen. Vennela Kishore was a last-minute replacement after the original comedian dropped out. Rajendra Prasad, already a veteran, personally asked the director to give Kishore a chance after seeing his stage work.
- In S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Rajendra Prasad played the straight-laced father while Vennela Kishore played the comic sidekick. Prasad deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery in their scenes together, giving Kishore space to land his punchlines — a rhythm Kishore later said he learned to trust completely.
- Their double-act in F2 (2019) — where Prasad played the exasperated father-in-law and Kishore the clueless son-in-law — directly inspired the comedy track in the 2022 Tamil film Don. The director of Don admitted in an interview that he rewatched F2's family scenes to study their timing.
- On the sets of Nannaku Prematho (2016), Rajendra Prasad would cook biryani in his vanity van every Sunday and invite Vennela Kishore to eat with him. Kishore later said those meals were where they actually built their on-screen shorthand — talking about comedy beats over food, not in rehearsals.
- "He doesn't just react to my jokes — he sets them up like a chess player. I've never had a co-star who understands timing the way he does." — Vennela Kishore, speaking about Rajendra Prasad in a 2020 interview with The Hindu.
10 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 8 films together, anchored by Nannaku Prematho (7.5/10).
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.0/10.
- Nannaku Prematho
- S/O Satyamurthy
- Waltair Veerayya
- Sarileru Neekevvaru
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
71% of Vennela Kishore's screen credits are with Rajendra Prasad. When they first worked together, Rajendra Prasad had 49 films behind them; Vennela Kishore had 2.
Before Lovely, Rajendra Prasad had starred in 49 films, including Aa Naluguru (2004) and Sarada Saradaga (2006).
After Waltair Veerayya, Rajendra Prasad went on to appear in 10 more films, including Janaka Aithe Ganaka (2024) and Jilebi (2024).
Before Lovely, Vennela Kishore had starred in 2 films, including Dookudu (2011) and Pilla Zamindar (2011).
After Waltair Veerayya, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 2 more films, including Hanuman (2024) and Gam Gam Ganesha (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajendra Prasad & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Devi Sri Prasad is the through-line — music on 6 of their 10 films. Brahmanandam appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. Devi Sri Prasad scored 6 of them.
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