Naveen Chandra & Abhimanyu Singh Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Naveen Chandra and Abhimanyu Singh appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 2013 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mayagadu (2023 — 7.0/10). Films span Dalam (2013) through Mayagadu (2023).
The Naveen Chandra & Abhimanyu Singh partnership
They saved their best for last — Mayagadu (7.0/10) came 10 years in. From Dalam (2013) to Mayagadu (2023). Their most recent film, Mayagadu, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active.
Mayagadu is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Dalam (2013).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to Dalam; the 2020s to Mayagadu. Naveen Chandra acted in every film; Abhimanyu Singh acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.
Partnership facts
- Dalam (2013) was supposed to be a solo hero film. The director saw Naveen and Abhimanyu's contrasting energies during a test shoot and rewrote the script to make them co-leads.
- In Koottam (2014), Abhimanyu played the calm, calculating antagonist while Naveen was the impulsive hothead. They deliberately swapped their real-life personalities — Naveen is quieter off-screen, Abhimanyu louder — to make the tension feel real.
- Hero Heroine (2020) was the first Telugu film where both male leads openly played characters who were rivals for the same woman without a single fight scene. That choice inspired two other Telugu rom-coms in 2021 to try the same no-punch formula.
- On the sets of Mayagadu (2023), Naveen and Abhimanyu had a running bet: whoever flubbed a dialogue first had to buy the entire crew dinner. Abhimanyu lost seven times in one week.
- Abhimanyu Singh said in a 2023 interview: 'Naveen is the only co-star who can make me forget my lines because he keeps improvising. I have to stay on my toes, or he'll steal the scene.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.4/10.
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by Mayagadu (7.0/10).
- Dalam
- Koottam
- Mayagadu
- Hero Heroine0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Dalam, Naveen Chandra had starred in 1 film, including Andala Rakshasi (2012).
After Mayagadu, Naveen Chandra went on to appear in 11 more films, including Satyabhama (2024) and Eleven (2025).
Before Dalam, Abhimanyu Singh had starred in 13 films, including Gulaal (2009) and Gabbar Singh (2012).
After Mayagadu, Abhimanyu Singh went on to appear in 8 more films, including Akshardham: Operation Vajra Shakti (2025) and Devara: Part 1 (2024).
Collaboration Journey
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