Prakash Raj & Kovai Sarala Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Veerabhadra; the 2020s to CHAMPION. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Kovai Sarala acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• Kovai Sarala was the one who pushed for Prakash Raj to be cast in 'Kshemanga Velli Labanga Randi' (2000). She had just worked with him in Tamil and told the Telugu director, 'He’s perfect for this comedy role — trust me.' That film became their first together.
• In 'Temper' (2015), Prakash Raj played the villain and Sarala played a comic mother. They had zero scenes together — but Sarala later said in an interview that she deliberately hung around his set between shots to keep his energy light. 'He gets too intense as a villain. I’d crack a joke and he’d relax.'
• Prakash Raj and Kovai Sarala share a running inside joke: every time they finish a film together, he sends her a box of Mysore Pak. She told a TV host in 2016, 'He’s done it for four films now. I think he’s scared I’ll say no to the next one if he forgets.'
• Their pairing in 'Veerabhadra' (2006) was so well-received that the director, A. S. Ravi Kumar, immediately signed them both for his next project — a film that never got made. But that near-miss led to Sarala recommending Prakash Raj for a key role in a Tamil film, which eventually became a hit.
• Kovai Sarala once said about Prakash Raj: 'He’s the only co-star who can make me forget my lines because I’m laughing so hard. And then he’ll improvise something even funnier to cover for me.' — from a 2017 interview with Sakshi Post.
• In 'Seetha Payanam' (2026), they played estranged siblings. Prakash Raj insisted on rehearsing their big confrontation scene 11 times before the shoot. Sarala later told the crew, 'He wanted me to hit him for real. I said no — but he kept pushing. That’s how he works. He needs the other person to fight back.'