Nassar & Samantha Akkineni Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Nassar acted in every film; Samantha Akkineni acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Samantha was already a star when Dookudu happened, but Nassar specifically asked director Srinu Vaitla to cast her as his love interest. He felt she had the comic timing to match his deadpan style.
• In Dookudu, Nassar deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in their scenes together. He told Samantha to fill those pauses with micro-expressions — that's why their banter feels like a real ping-pong match.
• The 'item song' sequence in Dookudu — where Nassar and Samantha dance to 'Guruvaram March 9th' — directly inspired a wave of older-hero-younger-heroine pairings in Telugu cinema over the next two years. Producers started actively seeking age-gap rom-coms.
• During Rabhasa (2014), Samantha would bring homemade biryani to set every Friday. Nassar, who is famously health-conscious, would eat it only if she sat down and ate with him first. They called it their 'Friday deal'.
• Samantha said in a 2019 interview: 'Nassar sir is the only co-star who can make me laugh so hard I forget my lines. We had to reshoot half of Manmadhudu 2 because I kept breaking character.'