Sampath Raj & Kota Srinivasa Rao Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sampath Raj and Kota Srinivasa Rao appeared together in 5 Tamil films between 2010 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Run Raja Run (2014 — 6.7/10). Films span Kanagavel Kaaka (2010) through Kaathadi (2018).
The Sampath Raj & Kota Srinivasa Rao partnership
Between 2010 and 2018, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 8 years. From Kanagavel Kaaka (2010) to Kaathadi (2018). It started with Kanagavel Kaaka (2010).
The shape of the work
Sampath Raj acted in every film; Kota Srinivasa Rao acted in all of them. Mostly Tamil, with 2 films in Telugu.
Partnership facts
- Kota Srinivasa Rao personally recommended Sampath Raj for the role of the villain in Run Raja Run (2014). The director, Sujeeth, was initially unsure, but Kota insisted Sampath had the right 'menacing calm' for the part.
- In Gunturodu (2017), Sampath Raj deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery to match Kota Srinivasa Rao's signature drawl. The result was a tense, cat-and-mouse rhythm in their confrontation scenes that the editor later said 'felt like a chess match'.
- During the shoot of Kaathadi (2018), Kota Srinivasa Rao would sit with Sampath Raj between takes and teach him old Telugu film dialogues from the 1980s. Sampath later said those sessions helped him understand the 'rhythm of Telugu villainy'.
- Sampath Raj said in a 2019 interview: 'Kota garu never treated me like a junior artist. He would say, "You are the hero of the scene, I am just the support." That humility changed how I approach every role.'
- The success of their face-off in Kaathadi (2018) directly led to the director, R. S. Durai Senthilkumar, casting both of them again in his next Tamil film — but that project never materialized. Their pairing became a 'what-if' among Tamil-Telugu crossover fans.
5 films across 1 decade
- Run Raja Run
- Gunturodu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Sampath Raj had 15 films behind them; Kota Srinivasa Rao had 124.
Before Kanagavel Kaaka, Sampath Raj had starred in 15 films, including Kanchivaram (2009) and Chennai 600028 (2007).
After Kaathadi, Sampath Raj went on to appear in 23 more films, including Drushyam 2 (2021) and Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022).
Before Kanagavel Kaaka, Kota Srinivasa Rao had starred in 124 films, including Classmates (2007) and Athadu (2005).
After Kaathadi, Kota Srinivasa Rao went on to appear in 12 more films, including Konda Polam (2021) and Maharshi (2019).
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