Prakash Raj & Genelia D'Souza Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Samba; the 2010s to Orange. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Genelia D'Souza acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.

Partnership facts

• Prakash Raj was the one who suggested Genelia for the role of Hasini in Bommarillu (2006). He had just worked with her in Samba (2004) and told director Bhaskar she had the exact energy the character needed. Bhaskar was initially unsure, but Prakash insisted.
• In Bommarillu (2006), Prakash Raj played the overbearing father and Genelia played the bubbly love interest. Their scenes never shared the screen — but Genelia has said that Prakash's intense performance as the father made her work harder off-camera to match the emotional weight of the film.
• The success of Bommarillu (2006) directly led to the Tamil remake Santosh Subramaniam (2008), where Prakash Raj and Genelia reprised their roles. That remake became a hit too, and it introduced Genelia to a whole new Tamil audience who hadn't seen the Telugu original.
• Prakash Raj and Genelia stayed close even after their films ended. When Genelia got married in 2012, Prakash Raj was one of the few industry seniors she personally invited. He later said in an interview that he still calls her 'Hasini' — her character name from Bommarillu.
• "Prakash Raj is the reason I got Bommarillu. He told Bhaskar garu, 'She is the only one who can do this role.' I owe that film to him." — Genelia D'Souza, in a 2020 interview with The Hindu.