Sampath Raj & Jagapathi Babu Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sampath Raj and Jagapathi Babu appeared together in 7 Telugu films between 2015 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017 — 8.1/10). Films span Pandaga Chesko (2015) through NGK (2019).
The Sampath Raj & Jagapathi Babu partnership
Between 2015 and 2019, they barely worked apart — 7 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Sampath–Jagapathi film arrived almost every year. From Pandaga Chesko (2015) to NGK (2019).
Om Namo Venkatesaya is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Pandaga Chesko (2015).
The shape of the work
Sampath Raj acted in every film; Jagapathi Babu acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 2 films in Tamil.
Partnership facts
- Sampath Raj was cast in Srimanthudu (2015) because Jagapathi Babu personally recommended him to director Koratala Siva after they worked together in a Tamil film. Jagapathi told Siva, 'He’ll bring the right menace as the villain's brother.'
- In Rarandoi Veduka Chudham (2017), Jagapathi Babu deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in their confrontation scene so Sampath Raj’s louder, more aggressive style would pop. Sampath later said, 'He gave me the space to be loud.'
- Their back-to-back villain roles in Srimanthudu (2015) and Jaguar (2016) created a mini-trend in Telugu cinema: casting two established actors as a brother duo of antagonists. At least three other films in 2017-18 copied this template.
- On the sets of Viswasam (2019), the two would share the same vanity van between shots — not because of space issues, but because they’d spend hours discussing old Tamil films. The crew had to drag them out for takes.
- Jagapathi Babu said in a 2019 interview about NGK: 'Sampath is the only co-star who’s seen me mess up a dialogue and still kept a straight face. That’s trust.'
7 films across 1 decade
- Om Namo Venkatesaya
- Srimanthudu
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Pandaga Chesko, both already had careers — Sampath Raj with 37 films, Jagapathi Babu with 59.
Before Pandaga Chesko, Sampath Raj had starred in 37 films, including Kanchivaram (2009) and Aaranya Kaandam (2011).
After NGK, Sampath Raj went on to appear in 20 more films, including Drushyam 2 (2021) and Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022).
Before Pandaga Chesko, Jagapathi Babu had starred in 59 films, including Kushi Kushiga (2004) and Homam (2008).
After NGK, Jagapathi Babu went on to appear in 10 more films, including Pushpa (The Rise Part-01) (2021) and Salaar (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sampath Raj & Jagapathi Babu's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Brahmanandam is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 7 films. Brahmanandam appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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