Prakash Raj & Ali Movies Together List — 9 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi; the 2010s to Oopiri. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Ali acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Baachi (2000), was a disaster. But director V. V. Vinayak saw something in their pairing and cast them again in Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003). That film became a turning point for both — it was Ali's first major hit as a comedian and Prakash Raj's first memorable Telugu villain role.
• In Temper (2015), Prakash Raj played the menacing villain while Ali played the comic sidekick to NTR. Their one-on-one scene in the police station — where Ali's character nervously tries to outwit Prakash Raj's — was entirely improvised. Ali later said Prakash Raj kept feeding him cues mid-shot to make the tension feel real.
• Ali has said in interviews that Prakash Raj was the only senior actor who never made him feel like a 'sidekick' on set. On the sets of Athade Oka Sainyam (2004), Prakash Raj would personally adjust Ali's mic pack before every take — a small ritual that continued through all their films together.
• Their comedy-villain dynamic in Mirapakaya (2011) directly inspired the template for the 2014 hit Race Gurram. Director Surender Reddy admitted in a press meet that he rewatched their Mirapakaya scenes to study how to balance a hero's comic sidekick with a serious antagonist.
• "Prakash Raj garu is the only actor who can make me forget my lines — because I'm too busy watching him act. We never rehearsed. We just looked at each other and went with it." — Ali, in a 2016 interview about Oopiri.