Prakash Raj & Krish Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prakash Raj and Krish appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2011 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Gabbar is Back (2015 — 8.2/10). Films span Vaanam (2011) through Mahanati (2018).
The Prakash Raj & Krish partnership
From Vaanam (2011) to Mahanati (2018). Mahanati (2018, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue. Gabbar is Back is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Vaanam (2011).
The shape of the work
Never on the same side of the camera — Prakash Raj actor, Krish director, across all 3 films.
Partnership facts
- Krish cast Prakash Raj in Vaanam (2011) after being blown away by his performance in a Telugu film. But Prakash Raj almost said no — he thought the role was too small. Krish convinced him by rewriting the part overnight.
- On the sets of Gabbar is Back (2015), Krish let Prakash Raj improvise most of his dialogue. The actor would rewrite his lines in Tamil on the spot, and Krish would just nod and say 'go with it.' That raw, unpolished energy became the film's most quoted scenes.
- Mahanati (2018) was originally a Telugu film, but Krish insisted on a simultaneous Tamil release with Prakash Raj dubbing his own voice. That decision directly led to the film becoming a rare bilingual hit in Tamil Nadu — and sparked a mini-trend of Telugu biopics getting proper Tamil releases.
- After Vaanam wrapped, Krish and Prakash Raj started a tradition: every time they finished a film together, they'd share a single cigarette on the last day of shoot. Neither of them smoked otherwise. They kept it up through all three films.
- Krish once said in an interview: 'Prakash Raj doesn't act. He just stands there and the camera falls in love with him. My job was to not get in the way.'
3 films across 1 decade
- Gabbar is Back
- Mahanati
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 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, Prakash Raj had 155 films behind them; Krish had 0. After Mahanati, Prakash Raj kept going for 47 more films; Krish stepped back.
Before Vaanam, Prakash Raj had starred in 155 films, including Kanchivaram (2009) and Mozhi (2007).
After Mahanati, Prakash Raj went on to appear in 47 more films, including Sita Ramam (2022) and Jai Bhim (2021).
Vaanam was Krish's directorial debut.
After Mahanati, Krish went on to direct 1 more film, including Zhagaram (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prakash Raj & Krish's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Nirav Shah is the through-line — cinematography on 2 of their 3 films.
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