Rakul Preet Singh & Mahesh Babu Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rakul Preet Singh and Mahesh Babu appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2017 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Spyder (2017 — 5.0/10). Films span Spyder (2017) through NTR Kathanayakudu (2019).
The Rakul Preet Singh & Mahesh Babu partnership
From Spyder (2017) to NTR Kathanayakudu (2019). It started with Spyder (2017).
The shape of the work
Rakul Preet Singh acted in every film; Mahesh Babu acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Rakul Preet Singh was cast opposite Mahesh Babu in 'Spyder' (2017) after the director AR Murugadoss saw her in a Telugu film and decided she had the right 'urban, confident' vibe to match Mahesh's character — she was the first choice, no auditions.
- On the sets of 'Spyder', Mahesh Babu would deliberately break into Telugu slang mid-scene to throw Rakul off her rehearsed lines — he wanted her reactions to feel raw and unscripted, and she later admitted it made her performance more spontaneous.
- During the 'NTR Kathanayakudu' (2019) shoot, Rakul Preet Singh and Mahesh Babu shared a running joke about how their characters were always separated by tragedy — they never got a single happy scene together across all three films, and they'd laugh about it between takes.
- Rakul Preet Singh said about Mahesh Babu: 'He has this way of making you feel like you're the only person in the room. On 'Spyder', he'd rehearse with me for hours even after the director called cut — he doesn't treat co-stars like props.'
- Because of their pairing in 'Spyder', Rakul Preet Singh became the first actress to share screen space with Mahesh Babu in a bilingual (Telugu + Tamil) — this opened the door for more cross-industry collaborations for her, including a Tamil film with Vijay the next year.
3 films across 1 decade
- Spyder
- Spyder Tamil
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After NTR Kathanayakudu, Rakul Preet Singh kept going for 18 more films; Mahesh Babu stepped back. By the time of Spyder, both already had careers — Rakul Preet Singh with 16 films, Mahesh Babu with 24.
Before Spyder, Rakul Preet Singh had starred in 16 films, including Nannaku Prematho (2016) and Keratam (2011).
After NTR Kathanayakudu, Rakul Preet Singh went on to appear in 18 more films, including Pati Patni Aur Woh Do (2026) and Konda Polam (2021).
Before Spyder, Mahesh Babu had starred in 24 films, including Khaleja (2010) and Athadu (2005).
After NTR Kathanayakudu, Mahesh Babu went on to appear in 3 more films, including Guntur Kaaram (2024) and Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rakul Preet Singh & Mahesh Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
S. J. Surya is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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