Prakash Raj & Rashmika Mandanna Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

Prakash Raj acted in every film; Rashmika Mandanna acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.

Partnership facts

• Prakash Raj was the one who suggested Rashmika for the role of the village belle in 'Sarileru Neekevvaru' (2020). He had seen her work in Kannada and told the director she had the right energy to play opposite Mahesh Babu.
• In 'Pushpa' (2021), Prakash Raj deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery to match Rashmika's natural rhythm. He told the director that her raw, unpolished pauses made the scene feel more real — so he let her set the pace for their confrontations.
• Their father-daughter dynamic in 'Varisu' (2023) directly inspired the casting of a similar estranged-parent arc in the 2024 Tamil film 'Lal Salaam'. The director admitted in an interview that he wanted the same emotional weight Prakash and Rashmika had created.
• On the sets of 'Sarileru Neekevvaru', Prakash Raj would bring homemade Andhra pickles for Rashmika every day because she kept complaining about the catered food. She later said that gesture made her feel less homesick.
• "He doesn't act with you — he acts at you. You have to duck and weave to keep up." — Rashmika Mandanna, on working with Prakash Raj, in a 2022 pre-release interview for 'Varisu'.