Tanikella Bharani & Sachin Khedekar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Tanikella Bharani and Sachin Khedekar appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 2020 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ala Vaikunthapuramulo (2020 — 7.4/10). Films span Ala Vaikunthapuramulo (2020) through Mr Bachchan (2024).
The Tanikella Bharani & Sachin Khedekar partnership
Between 2020 and 2024, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Tanikella–Sachin film arrived almost every year. The work is uneven: Ala Vaikunthapuramulo (7.4) at one end, Mr Bachchan (3.0) at the other.
From Ala Vaikunthapuramulo (2020) to Mr Bachchan (2024). Their most recent film, Mr Bachchan, came out in 2024 — the partnership is still active.
The shape of the work
Tanikella Bharani acted in every film; Sachin Khedekar acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Ala Vaikunthapuramulo, Tanikella Bharani and Sachin Khedekar played father and son — but they never shared a single scene together. Their entire relationship was built through other characters talking about them.
- For Prathinidhi 2, Khedekar deliberately slowed his dialogue delivery to match Bharani's measured, theatrical rhythm. Bharani later said that adjustment made their confrontation scene feel like a chess match.
- During Mr Bachchan's disastrous shoot, the two actors would escape to a corner between takes and discuss old Telugu plays. Khedekar, a Marathi theatre veteran, said Bharani taught him the rhythm of Telugu stage dialogues.
- "Sachin is the only actor who can make a villain feel like he's your uncle who just lost his temper." — Tanikella Bharani, in a 2024 interview about Prathinidhi 2.
- Their back-to-back releases in 2024 — Prathinidhi 2 and Mr Bachchan — created a small online trend where fans compared their 'father-son' dynamic across two wildly different films. A few meme pages even started a 'Bharani-Khedekar cinematic universe' joke.
4 films across 1 decade
- Ala Vaikunthapuramulo
- Prathinidhi 2
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Tanikella Bharani had 189 films behind them; Sachin Khedekar had 38.
Before Ala Vaikunthapuramulo, Tanikella Bharani had starred in 189 films, including Baahubali (2015) and Midhunam (2012).
After Mr Bachchan, Tanikella Bharani went on to appear in 10 more films, including Raakaasa (2026) and Bāhubali: The Epic (2025).
Before Ala Vaikunthapuramulo, Sachin Khedekar had starred in 38 films, including Yatra (2019) and Guru (2007).
After Mr Bachchan, Sachin Khedekar went on to appear in 7 more films, including Romeo S3 (2025) and Inspector Zende (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Tanikella Bharani & Sachin Khedekar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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