Jayasudha & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jayasudha and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 2012 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Maharshi (2019 — 7.1/10). Films span Daruvu (2012) through Maharshi (2019).
The Jayasudha & Vennela Kishore partnership
They saved their best for last — Maharshi (7.1/10) came 7 years in. From Daruvu (2012) to Maharshi (2019). Maharshi is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Daruvu (2012).
The shape of the work
Jayasudha acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Jayasudha and Vennela Kishore first shared screen space in Yevadu (2014), but they didn't share a single dialogue. Their characters never met — she played Ram Charan's mother, he played a comic sidekick in a different track. The director, Vamsi Paidipally, later admitted he didn't realize they hadn't interacted until the edit was locked.
- In Eedu Gold Ehe (2016), Jayasudha played Kishore's mother-in-law on screen. Off screen, she kept breaking character because Kishore's deadpan delivery made her laugh. She told the director she'd never worked with a comedian who could make her corpsing this hard — and she'd worked with Brahmanandam for decades.
- On the sets of Maharshi (2019), Jayasudha started calling Vennela Kishore 'my son' even when the cameras weren't rolling. He returned the favour by bringing her homemade pickles from his mother's kitchen every single day of the shoot. The habit stuck — he still sends her pickles during Sankranti.
- Vennela Kishore said in a 2019 interview: 'Jayasudha garu is the only co-star who scolds me like a real mother when I skip meals on set. She doesn't care if the director is waiting — she'll make me sit and eat first.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Maharshi
- Yevadu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 7 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, Jayasudha had 50 films behind them; Vennela Kishore had 2. After Maharshi, Vennela Kishore kept going for 22 more films; Jayasudha stepped back.
Before Daruvu, Jayasudha had starred in 50 films, including Apoorva Raagangal (1975) and Sri Rama Rajyam (2011).
After Maharshi, Jayasudha went on to appear in 5 more films, including Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023) and Varisu (2023).
Before Daruvu, Vennela Kishore had starred in 2 films, including Dookudu (2011) and Pilla Zamindar (2011).
After Maharshi, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 22 more films, including Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022) and Hanuman (2024).




Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jayasudha & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Brahmanandam is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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