Prakash Raj & Srihari Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prakash Raj and Srihari appeared together in 8 Telugu films between 1999 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Brindavanam (2010 — 7.0/10). Films span Premaku Velayara (1999) through Zanjeer (2013).
The Prakash Raj & Srihari partnership
They saved their best for last — Brindavanam (7.0/10) came 11 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. From Premaku Velayara (1999) to Zanjeer (2013).
Brindavanam is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Premaku Velayara (1999).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Samudram; the 2010s to Brindavanam. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Srihari acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Prakash Raj and Srihari first shared screen space in 'Premaku Velayara' (1999), but the director originally cast them in swapped roles. Prakash was supposed to play the villain, Srihari the comic sidekick. They convinced the director to flip it after a single reading together.
- In 'Simhachalam' (2003), Srihari’s raw physicality set the tempo for their fight scenes — he’d charge in first, and Prakash Raj would react in real time, turning his fear into a performance. The director said they never rehearsed a single punch; they just went at it.
- Their pairing in 'Thank You Subba Rao' (2001) directly inspired the buddy-cop template that later films like 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' and 'Athadu' borrowed from. Telugu trade analysts call it the 'quiet blueprint' for the genre in the 2000s.
- On the sets of 'Toofan' (2013), Prakash Raj and Srihari had a running bet: whoever flubbed a dialogue first had to buy the entire crew biryani. Srihari lost every single day — and paid for 45 days straight without complaint.
- Prakash Raj once said in a 2014 interview: 'Srihari and I never needed a director between us. We’d look at each other and know who’s going to break first. That’s why our scenes feel alive — we were genuinely trying to crack each other up.'
8 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.9/10.
The 2010s brought 3 films together, anchored by Brindavanam (7.0/10).
- Samudram
- Premaku Velayara
- Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
- Thank You Subba Rao0
- Brindavanam
- Zanjeer
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 14 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Srihari's screen credits are with Prakash Raj. After Zanjeer, Prakash Raj kept going for 101 more films; Srihari stepped back. By the time of Premaku Velayara, both already had careers — Prakash Raj with 23 films, Srihari with 11.
Before Premaku Velayara, Prakash Raj had starred in 23 films, including Nila (1994) and Poomani (1996).
After Zanjeer, Prakash Raj went on to appear in 101 more films, including Sita Ramam (2022) and Gabbar is Back (2015).
Before Premaku Velayara, Srihari had starred in 11 films, including Major Chandrakanth (1993) and Veedevadandi Babu (1997).
After Zanjeer, Srihari went on to appear in 3 more films, including Court: State vs. A Nobody (2025) and Yuddham (2014).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prakash Raj & Srihari's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Tanikella Bharani appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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