Sampath Raj & Raghu Babu Movies Together List — 8 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s belonged to Loukyam; the 2020s to Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam. Sampath Raj acted in every film; Raghu Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They first shared screen space in Loukyam (2014) because director Srinivasa Reddy specifically wanted two actors who could trade rapid-fire comedy without stepping on each other's lines. Sampath Raj was cast first; he recommended Raghu Babu for the sidekick role after they'd worked together in a stage play years earlier.
• In Bheeshma (2020), Raghu Babu's deadpan delivery forced Sampath Raj to slow down his usual high-energy style. The scene where they argue over a plate of biryani was entirely improvised — Raghu kept pausing mid-sentence, and Sampath had to fill the silence with increasingly frustrated reactions. That take made the final cut.
• Their pairing in Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022) directly led to the casting of both actors in the 2023 web series 'Gangsters of Godavari' — the showrunner told a press meet he wrote the double-act specifically after watching their rhythm in that film's police station sequence.
• On the sets of Rarandoi Veduka Chudham (2017), they developed a ritual: before every scene together, they'd slap each other's palms exactly three times. Raghu Babu later said it was to 'sync our energy' — Sampath Raj called it 'our stupid luck charm.' They kept doing it through Funky (2026).
• Raghu Babu once told a fan event: 'Sampath is the only actor who can make me laugh so hard I forget my lines. That's why I always let him speak first in our scenes — I need a second to recover.'