Nassar & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 10 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nassar and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 10 Telugu films between 2011 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Manamantha (2016 — 8.1/10). Films span Dookudu (2011) through Manmadhudu 2 (2019).
The Nassar & Vennela Kishore partnership
Between 2011 and 2019, they barely worked apart — 10 films in 8 years. 2016 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 8 years, a Nassar–Vennela film arrived almost every year.
From Dookudu (2011) to Manmadhudu 2 (2019). Mahanubhavudu (2017, 7.8/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
Nassar acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Nassar personally recommended Vennela Kishore for the role of a bumbling sidekick in Dookudu (2011). The director, Srinu Vaitla, had never heard of Kishore before that.
- In Soggade Chinni Nayana (2016), Nassar played the stern father while Kishore played the comic relief son-in-law. Kishore improvised most of his lines on set, and Nassar would deliberately pause his dialogue delivery to let Kishore's punchlines land harder.
- Their double-act in Dookudu (2011) directly inspired the comic track in the 2014 Tamil hit 'Jilla' — where Nassar and a younger comedian recreated the same 'boss-servant' dynamic. The Telugu original was so popular that Tamil producers specifically asked for a similar pairing.
- On the sets of Baadshah (2013), Nassar taught Vennela Kishore how to modulate his voice for comic timing. Kishore later said in an interview that Nassar would sit with him for hours after pack-up, rehearsing scenes for the next day.
- "Nassar sir is the reason I got my first big break. He told the director, 'This boy will make you laugh without trying.' I owe my career to that one phone call." — Vennela Kishore, in a 2019 interview with The Hindu.
- In Manamantha (2016), a film with no comedy track, Nassar and Kishore played a father and son in a tense, emotional scene. Kishore later revealed that Nassar deliberately broke character mid-scene to whisper a joke — just to keep Kishore from crying too early and ruining the take.
10 films across 1 decade
- Manamantha
- Mahanubhavudu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
10 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
31% of Vennela Kishore's screen credits are with Nassar. When they first worked together, Nassar had 119 films behind them; Vennela Kishore had 0. After Manmadhudu 2, Nassar kept going for 52 more films; Vennela Kishore stepped back.
Before Dookudu, Nassar had starred in 119 films, including Anbe Sivam (2003) and Anniyan (2005).
After Manmadhudu 2, Nassar went on to appear in 52 more films, including 10th Class Diaries (2022) and 800 (2023).
Dookudu was Vennela Kishore's acting debut.
After Manmadhudu 2, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 22 more films, including Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022) and Hanuman (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nassar & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Thaman scored 3 of them. Brahmaji appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 7 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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