Prakash Raj & Daggubati Venkatesh Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Seenu; the 2010s to Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Prakash Raj acted in every film; Daggubati Venkatesh acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Seenu (1999), almost didn't happen. Director Surya Kiran was unsure about casting Venkatesh opposite Prakash Raj, who was still a relatively new face in Telugu. Prakash Raj auditioned twice before getting the nod.
• In Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), Prakash Raj played the strict father while Venkatesh played the eldest son. Venkatesh deliberately underplayed his scenes to let Prakash Raj's anger land harder — he told the director he wanted the audience to feel the weight of every scolding.
• Prakash Raj and Venkatesh have a standing joke: every time they finish a film together, Venkatesh gifts Prakash Raj a bottle of his favorite whiskey. It started after Bodyguard (2012) and has continued for every film since.
• Prakash Raj once said in an interview: 'Venkatesh is the only co-star who calls me before every shoot to ask if I need anything. He makes you feel like family, not a colleague.'
• Their pairing in Subhash Chandra Bose (2005) — where Prakash Raj played the villain and Venkatesh the hero — set a template for Telugu action films in the mid-2000s. Several directors later admitted they wrote villain roles specifically hoping to recreate that dynamic.
• In F2 (2019), a comedy about henpecked husbands, Venkatesh and Prakash Raj played brothers-in-law. They improvised most of their banter on set — the director let them go off-script because their real-life comfort with each other made the scenes feel natural.