Prakash Raj & Rao Ramesh Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Prakash Raj and Rao Ramesh appeared together in 16 Telugu films between 2008 and 2026. Their highest-rated collaboration was Jai Bhim (2021 — 8.2/10). Films span Kotha Bangaru Lokam (2008) through S. Saraswathi (2026).
The Prakash Raj & Rao Ramesh partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. 2021 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 18 years, a Prakash–Rao film arrived almost every year.
From Kotha Bangaru Lokam (2008) to S. Saraswathi (2026). Pushpa (The Rise Part-01) (2021, 7.6/10) is the underseen one in the catalogue.
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Kotha Bangaru Lokam; the 2020s to Jai Bhim. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Rao Ramesh acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Kotha Bangaru Lokam (2008), almost didn't happen. Director Srikanth Addala was initially hesitant to cast Prakash Raj as the strict father opposite Rao Ramesh's comic role — he thought their energies would clash. Prakash Raj insisted on a screen test, and the first take convinced everyone.
- In Bharath Ane Nenu (2018), Prakash Raj played the villainous CM and Rao Ramesh played his loyalist. On set, Rao Ramesh would deliberately flub his lines in the first take to make Prakash Raj laugh — it became their ritual to break the tension before the serious political scenes.
- Their face-off scene in Pushpa: The Rise (2021) — where Prakash Raj's Srinu gets slapped by Rao Ramesh's Konda Reddy — became a meme template across Telugu social media. Fans still use it to caption 'when your boss finally gets what's coming'.
- Rao Ramesh once revealed that Prakash Raj personally called him after the failure of Solo (2011) to say, 'Don't let one bad film shake you. We'll find a better script together.' They signed Srirastu Subhamastu (2016) five years later because of that call.
- Rao Ramesh said in a 2019 interview: 'Prakash Raj garu doesn't just act with you — he directs you in the middle of a scene. He'll whisper a better dialogue option while the camera is rolling. I've stolen half my best moments from his whispers.'
16 films across 3 decades
The 2000s brought 1 film together, anchored by Kotha Bangaru Lokam (7.3/10).
The 2010s brought 9 films together, anchored by Khaleja (7.8/10).
The 2020s brought 6 films together, anchored by Jai Bhim (8.2/10).
- Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Khaleja
- Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
- Jai Bhim
- Narappa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 18 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
94% of Rao Ramesh's screen credits are with Prakash Raj. When they first worked together, Prakash Raj had 127 films behind them; Rao Ramesh had 1.
Before Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Prakash Raj had starred in 127 films, including Mozhi (2007) and Arya (2007).
Before Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Rao Ramesh had starred in 1 film, including Okkadunnadu (2007).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Prakash Raj & Rao Ramesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Devi Sri Prasad scored 4 of them. They worked with the same 11 people again and again — a small repertory company. Posani Krishna Murali appears alongside them in 6 films — practically a third lead.
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