Rohini & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rohini and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2012 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was SMS (2012 — 6.3/10). Films span SMS (2012) through Kushi (2023).
The Rohini & Vennela Kishore partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Bro (2023). They didn't share a set between 2012 and 2023. From SMS (2012) to Kushi (2023).
Their most recent film, Kushi, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active. It started with SMS (2012).
The shape of the work
The 2010s belonged to SMS; the 2020s to Kushi. Rohini acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Rohini and Vennela Kishore first shared screen space in SMS (2012) because the director needed a comedic duo that could pull off deadpan banter. Kishore was already a known face, but Rohini was relatively new to comedy — the director paired them specifically to balance her energy with his slow-burn timing.
- In Bro (2023), Rohini played the mother of Pawan Kalyan's character, while Vennela Kishore played a comic sidekick. Their scenes together are the only ones where Kishore doesn't try to steal the spotlight — he deliberately slows down his delivery to let Rohini's reactions land first. She told a behind-the-scenes interviewer that he 'gifted her the punchlines' in every take.
- The success of their pairing in Kushi (2023) — where they played a bickering mother-son duo — directly led to the director Shiva Nirvana casting them again in a yet-untitled 2025 project. No other actress-comedian pair from that film got a callback.
- Rohini and Vennela Kishore have a standing ritual: before every scene together, Kishore makes her laugh by doing an exaggerated version of his own character. She told a podcast that this 'breaks her tension' because she's naturally nervous around comedians. They've never had a single rehearsal — they just show up and riff.
- Vennela Kishore said in a 2023 interview: 'Rohini is the only actress who can make me forget my lines. I start watching her instead of acting.' He added that in Kushi, he deliberately messed up a take just to see how she would react — and that take made the final cut.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.3/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.9/10.
- SMS
- Kushi
- Bro
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 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
43% of Vennela Kishore's screen credits are with Rohini. When they first worked together, Rohini had 39 films behind them; Vennela Kishore had 2.
Before SMS, Rohini had starred in 39 films, including Nandalala (2010) and Kanchivaram (2009).
After Kushi, Rohini went on to appear in 11 more films, including Court: State vs. A Nobody (2025) and Mathu Vadalara 2 (2024).
Before SMS, Vennela Kishore had starred in 2 films, including Dookudu (2011) and Pilla Zamindar (2011).
After Kushi, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 2 more films, including Hanuman (2024) and Gam Gam Ganesha (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rohini & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Subbaraju is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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