Nassar & Kota Srinivasa Rao Movies Together List — 22 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Kota Srinivasa Rao appeared together in 22 Telugu films between 2000 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Athadu (2005 — 7.7/10). Films span Vamsi (2000) through Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit (2025).
The Nassar & Kota Srinivasa Rao partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. 2012 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 25 years, a Nassar–Kota film arrived almost every year.
From Vamsi (2000) to Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit (2025). Konda Polam (2021, 7.5/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Athadu; the 2020s to Konda Polam. Nassar acted in every film; Kota Srinivasa Rao acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 5 films in Tamil.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Vamsi (2000), was a disaster. But director B. Gopal didn't care. He saw something in their pairing and cast them again the very next year in Eduruleni Manishi (2001). That film also bombed. Still, Gopal kept bringing them back — Pourudu (2008) finally clicked.
- In Dookudu (2011), Nassar played the calm, calculating villain while Kota Srinivasa Rao was the loud, unhinged sidekick. The trick? Kota would deliberately overact in rehearsals so Nassar could underplay his lines. That contrast — one boiling, one frozen — made their scenes crackle.
- Their pairing in Dookudu (2011) directly inspired the villain duo in the 2014 Tamil film Jigarthanda. Director Karthik Subbaraj admitted he wanted a similar 'senior vs senior' dynamic after watching their scenes together.
- On the sets of Rachcha (2012), Kota Srinivasa Rao would bring homemade pickles from his village. Nassar, a strict vegetarian, would only eat if Kota personally served him. They had a silent rule: no one else touched the food.
- "Kota garu is the only co-actor who can make me forget my lines. I get so lost watching him work that the director has to yell 'cut' to bring me back." — Nassar, during the audio launch of Saahasam (2016).
22 films across 3 decades
The 2000s brought 9 films together, anchored by Athadu (7.7/10).
The 2010s brought 11 films together, anchored by Dookudu (7.1/10).
The 2020s brought 2 films together, anchored by Konda Polam (7.5/10).
- Athadu
- Naani
- Dookudu
- Maharshi
- Konda Polam
- Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
22 films across 25 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
32% of Kota Srinivasa Rao's screen credits are with Nassar. By the time of Vamsi, both already had careers — Nassar with 52 films, Kota Srinivasa Rao with 46.
Before Vamsi, Nassar had starred in 52 films, including Mugam (1999) and Indira (1995).
After Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit, Nassar went on to appear in 2 more films, including Euphoria (2026) and Oh Butterfly! (2026).
Before Vamsi, Kota Srinivasa Rao had starred in 46 films, including Money Money (1995) and Top Hero (1994).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Kota Srinivasa Rao's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Thaman scored 4 of them. They worked with the same 15 people again and again — a small repertory company. Brahmanandam appears alongside them in 9 films — practically a third lead.
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