Nassar & Raghu Babu Movies Together List — 13 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Raghu Babu appeared together in 13 Telugu films between 2008 and 2026. Their highest-rated collaboration was Aa Okkadu (2009 — 6.8/10). Films span Pourudu (2008) through S. Saraswathi (2026).
The Nassar & Raghu Babu partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. 2019 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 18 years, a Nassar–Raghu film arrived almost every year.
From Pourudu (2008) to S. Saraswathi (2026). Their most recent film, S. Saraswathi, came out in 2026 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 62% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Aa Okkadu; the 2020s to Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit. Nassar acted in every film; Raghu Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nassar and Raghu Babu first shared screen space in Pourudu (2008), but the real spark came when director V. V. Vinayak paired them again in Aa Okkadu (2009) — Raghu Babu later said Vinayak saw their contrasting energies and deliberately cast them as on-screen rivals to create tension.
- In Adhurs (2010), Nassar played the strict father while Raghu Babu was the comic sidekick — but they flipped the dynamic in Naa Ishtam (2012), where Raghu Babu played the authoritative figure and Nassar the bumbling one. They deliberately swapped roles to keep each other sharp.
- Their back-and-forth in F2 (2019) — where Nassar played the exasperated father-in-law and Raghu Babu the clueless brother — directly inspired the comedy track in the 2021 film Jathi Ratnalu. Writers said they studied that pairing to build the 'annoying relative' dynamic.
- On the sets of Panchakshari (2010), Nassar and Raghu Babu started a ritual: before every scene together, they'd share a cup of chai and rehearse the lines in reverse order — last line first. They said it helped them find the comedy beats faster.
- "Nassar sir doesn't just act — he listens. When I'm opposite him, I have to raise my game because he catches every pause. That's why we keep working together." — Raghu Babu, in a 2019 interview about Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy.
- In Dictator (2016), they played brothers with opposite personalities — Nassar calm and calculating, Raghu Babu loud and impulsive. Director Srinu Vaitla said he wrote the scenes so that Raghu Babu would start every argument and Nassar would finish it with a deadpan punchline, a rhythm they perfected over 8 films by then.
13 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 8 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2020s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.8/10.
- Aa Okkadu
- Pourudu
- Adhurs
- Dictator
- Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit
- Bhimaa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
13 films across 18 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nassar had 107 films behind them; Raghu Babu had 40.
Before Pourudu, Nassar had starred in 107 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
Before Pourudu, Raghu Babu had starred in 40 films, including Classmates (2007) and Hungama (2005).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Raghu Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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