Nassar & Brahmaji Movies Together List — 12 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Dharma Kshetram; the 2020s to Ninnila Ninnila. Nassar acted in every film; Brahmaji acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• Nassar and Brahmaji first shared screen space in the 2005 thriller '10 The Strangers', a film that brought together a dozen character actors. Neither was the lead — they were part of an ensemble that had to survive a killer on an island. The director, Madan, deliberately cast actors who had never worked together before to keep the tension real.
• In 'Baadshah' (2013), Nassar played the villainous Bhairav Dada while Brahmaji played his henchman. Their scenes together worked because Brahmaji deliberately underplayed his reactions — he let Nassar's booming voice and theatrical menace do the heavy lifting, while he stayed stone-faced. That contrast made Nassar look even more dangerous.
• Brahmaji has said in multiple interviews that Nassar is like an elder brother to him. On the sets of 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' (2016), Nassar would pull Brahmaji aside between takes and give him notes on how to modulate his dialogue delivery for comedy — something Brahmaji wasn't known for before that film.
• The success of 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' (2016) — a hit that blended family drama with supernatural comedy — directly led to more multi-starrer comedies featuring veteran character actors in Telugu. Films like 'F2' (2019) and its sequel 'F3' owe their casting template to that film's ensemble model, where Nassar and Brahmaji were key supporting players.
• Brahmaji once told a Telugu news channel: 'Nassar sir doesn't just act — he listens. When we did 'Maharshi' (2019), he would stand off-camera and mouth my lines with me during my close-ups. That's the kind of actor he is.'
• In 'Aagadu' (2014), Nassar played a corrupt minister and Brahmaji played his sidekick. The comedy in their scenes came from a simple trick: Nassar would deliver his lines at full volume, and Brahmaji would whisper his responses. The volume mismatch made every exchange feel like a conspiracy — and audiences loved it.