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27 Films Together

Tanikella Bharani & Sunil Varma Movies Together — 27 Films

Complete Movies List & Collaboration History

27
Films Together
6.1
Average Rating
2001 - 2023
Career Span
Telugu
Primary Language
Credibility
Career Phase
Active×Active
Long-Term Partnership

About This Collaboration

Tanikella Bharani & Sunil Varma have worked together on 27 films in Indian cinema. Their collaboration began in 2001 and extends to 2023, representing 22 years of joint work. Working Tanikella Bharani as Actor and Sunil Varma as Actor, their pairing brought together complementary creative strengths that produced a body of work with varied but notable audience reception.

Among their most acclaimed works are "Khaleja", "Classmates", "Dongodu" — with "Khaleja" earning a top rating of 7.8/10. Across all their joint films, they maintain an average audience rating of 6.1/10 — reflecting a body of work that has largely found favour with audiences.

Their most productive period was the 2000s, when they delivered 20 films that shaped the era's cinema. The bulk of their work is in Telugu cinema. From "Manasantha Nuvve" (2001) to "Raa Raa Penimiti" (2023), their partnership has evolved through shifting industry landscapes while maintaining its artistic core.

This page brings together their complete joint filmography, a year-by-year timeline of the partnership, the extended network of directors, actors, and crew they shared across projects, and a curated list of similar creative pairings you may want to explore.

Career Context

Tanikella Bharani

Before Manasantha Nuvve, Tanikella Bharani had starred in 35 films, including Varasudu (1993) and Money Money (1995).

After Raa Raa Penimiti, Tanikella Bharani went on to appear in 22 more films, including Vidya Vasula Aham (2024) and Bhaje Vaayu Vegam (2024).

Sunil Varma

Before Manasantha Nuvve, Sunil Varma had starred in 4 films, including Nuvve Kavali (2000) and Chiru Navvuto (2000).

After Raa Raa Penimiti, Sunil Varma went on to appear in 22 more films, including Harom Hara (2024) and (MAD)² (2025).

Collaboration DNA

Partnership Pattern

Duration20012023
Span22 years
Avg Interval~1 years

27 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.

Language Distribution

Telugu
26 films (96%)
Tamil
1 film (4%)

Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.

Creative Evolution

2000s
Films20
Avg Rating6.3/10
Notable:
  • Classmates(7.7)
  • Dongodu(7.5)
Era:
Tanikella: ActiveSunil: Active
2010s
Films2
Avg Rating6.7/10
Notable:
  • Khaleja(7.8)
  • Om Shanti(5.5)
Era:
Tanikella: ActiveSunil: Active
2020s
Films5
Avg Rating6.3/10
Notable:
  • Ala Vaikunthapuramulo(7.4)
  • Cheppalani Undhi(7)
Era:
Tanikella: ActiveSunil: Active

This duo's 27-film partnership spans 3 decades of Indian cinema, with their most productive period being the 2000s when they delivered 20 films that defined the era.

Language
Decade
#1
M
Manasantha Nuvve
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
5.2
#2
N
Nuvvu Nenu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
4.2
#3
Manmadhudu
Manmadhudu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Bunk Seenu
5.3
#4
O
Oka Raju Oka Rani
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
6.5
#5
V
Vasantham
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
6.3
#6
D
Dongodu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Justice Chowdary
7.5
#7
O
Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
6.5
#8
E
Ela Cheppanu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
6.8
#9
Enakku 20 Unakku 18
Enakku 20 Unakku 18
Tamil
Tanikella Bharani · Preeti's Father (Telugu version)Sunil Varma · Kapali (Telugu version)
5.7
#10
M
Malliswari
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · MurthySunil Varma · Paddu / Padmanabham
6.6
#11
O
Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
5.5
#12
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · Kantepudi Srinivasa RaoSunil Varma · Banda
6.9
#13
Hungama
Hungama
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
7.5
#14
C
Classmates
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Baddu
7.7
#15
D
Dhee
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · Corporator KrishnaSunil Varma · Katthi
7.5
#16
R
Raju Bhai
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · Anjali's fatherSunil Varma · Actor
5.8
#17
J
Jalsa
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · Bulli reddySunil Varma · Seenu
6.6
#18
K
Kalidasu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · Principal of CollegeSunil Varma · Basha
6.5
#19
Kathanayakudu
Kathanayakudu
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · School TeacherSunil Varma · Shanmugam
6.5
#20
N
Nenu Meeku Telusa...?
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
5.5
#21
Om Shanti
Om Shanti
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
5.5
#22
Khaleja
Khaleja
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · Durga PrasadSunil Varma · Babji
7.8
#23
Ala Vaikunthapuramulo
Ala Vaikunthapuramulo
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Seetharam
7.4
#24
Wanted PanduGod
Wanted PanduGod
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Pandugadu
5.4
#25
Geetha
Geetha
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Saradhy
5.5
#26
Cheppalani Undhi
Cheppalani Undhi
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · ActorSunil Varma · Actor
7.0
#27
Raa Raa Penimiti
Raa Raa Penimiti
Telugu
Tanikella Bharani · (Voice Only)Sunil Varma · (Voice Only)

Collaboration Journey

A chronological view of Tanikella Bharani & Sunil Varma's professional partnership

Shared Crew

People who worked on Tanikella Bharani & Sunil Varma's films together

Brahmanandam10
BrahmanandamCast
Sunil7
SunilCast
Chandramohan4
ChandramohanCast
M. S. Narayana4
M. S. NarayanaCast
Raghu Babu4
Raghu BabuCast
Ballireddy Prudhviraj3
Ballireddy PrudhvirajCast
Kota Srinivasa Rao3
Kota Srinivasa RaoCast
Rajiv Kanakala3
Rajiv KanakalaCast
Ahuti Prasad2
Ahuti PrasadCast
Chalapathi Rao2
Chalapathi RaoCast
Chandra Mohan2
Chandra MohanCast
Daggubati Venkatesh2
Daggubati VenkateshCast
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam2
Dharmavarapu SubramanyamCast
Giri2
GiriCast
Kalyani2
KalyaniCast
Kaveri2
KaveriCast
Manchu Manoj2
Manchu ManojCast
Namitha2
NamithaCast
Navdeep2
NavdeepCast
Radhika Chaudhari2
Radhika ChaudhariCast
Rajendra Prasad2
Rajendra PrasadCast
Ravi Teja2
Ravi TejaCast
Saptagiri2
SaptagiriCast
Shriya Saran2
Shriya SaranCast
Sushanth2
SushanthCast
Trisha Krishnan2
Trisha KrishnanCast
Uday Kiran2
Uday KiranCast
Venu Madhav2
Venu MadhavCast
Aamani
AamaniCast
Aarthi Agarwal
Aarthi AgarwalCast
Aditi Sharma
Aditi SharmaCast
Ajay
AjayCast
Akkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni NagarjunaCast
Ali
AliCast
Allu Arjun
Allu ArjunCast
Anasuya Bharadwaj
Anasuya Bharadwaj Cast
Anita Hassanandani Reddy
Anita Hassanandani ReddyCast
Anitha Chowdhary
Anitha ChowdharyCast
Anshu
AnshuCast
Anushka Shetty
Anushka ShettyCast
Banerjee
BanerjeeCast
Bindu Madhavi
Bindu MadhaviCast
Boman Irani
Boman IraniCast
Brahmaji
BrahmajiCast
Delhi Rajeshwari
Delhi RajeshwariCast
Fish Venkat
Fish VenkatCast
Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'SouzaCast
Gurleen Chopra
Gurleen ChopraCast
Harsha Vardhan
Harsha VardhanCast
Ileana D'Cruz
Ileana D'CruzCast
Jagapathi Babu
Jagapathi BabuCast
Jai Akash
Jai AkashCast
Jaya Prakash Reddy
Jaya Prakash ReddyCast
Jayaprakash Reddy
Jayaprakash ReddyCast
Jayaram
JayaramCast
Jayasudha
JayasudhaCast
Kadhal Dhandapani
Kadhal DhandapaniCast
Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal AggarwalCast
Kalyani Natarajan
Kalyani NatarajanCast
Kamalinee Mukherjee
Kamalinee MukherjeeCast
Katrina Kaif
Katrina KaifCast
Kausha Rach
Kausha RachCast
Kovai Sarala
Kovai SaralaCast
Mahesh Babu
Mahesh BabuCast
Mallikarjuna Rao
Mallikarjuna RaoCast
Meka Srikanth
Meka SrikanthCast
Mukesh Rishi
Mukesh RishiCast
Murali Mohan
Murali MohanCast
Murali Sharma
Murali SharmaCast
Murli Sharma
Murli SharmaCast
Nandita
NanditaCast
Narsing Yadav
Narsing YadavCast
Nassar
NassarCast
Nayantara
NayantaraCast
Nikhil Siddharth
Nikhil SiddharthCast
Nitya Shetty
Nitya ShettyCast
Nivetha Pethuraj
Nivetha PethurajCast
Pawan Kalyan
Pawan KalyanCast
Pooja Hegde
Pooja HegdeCast
Prabhu Deva
Prabhu DevaCast
Pragathi
PragathiCast
R. Madhavan
R. MadhavanCast
Raasi
RaasiCast
Rahul Ramakrishna
Rahul RamakrishnaCast
Rajinikanth
RajinikanthCast
Rama Prabha
Rama PrabhaCast
Ranganath
RanganathCast
Rao Ramesh
Rao RameshCast
Reemma Sen
Reemma SenCast
Rekha Vedavyas
Rekha VedavyasCast
Riya Sen
Riya SenCast
Rohini
RohiniCast
Sachin Khedekar
Sachin KhedekarCast
Sadha
SadhaCast
Samuthirakani
SamuthirakaniCast
Sandhya Janak
Sandhya JanakCast
Sathyaraj
SathyarajCast
Sheela
SheelaCast
Siddharth
SiddharthCast
Siva Balaji
Siva BalajiCast
Sneha Ullal
Sneha UllalCast
Sobhan
SobhanCast
Sonali Bendre
Sonali BendreCast
Sowcar Janaki
Sowcar JanakiCast
Srihari
SrihariCast
Srikanth
SrikanthCast
Srinivasa Reddy
Srinivasa ReddyCast
Stefy Patel
Stefy PatelCast
Sudha
SudhaCast
Sudigali Sudheer
Sudigali SudheerCast
Suhani Kalita
Suhani KalitaCast
Suman Setty
Suman SettyCast
Suman Shetty
Suman ShettyCast
Sumanth
SumanthCast
Surya
SuryaCast
Tabu
TabuCast
Tamannaah Bhatia
Tamannaah BhatiaCast
Tanish
TanishCast
Tanu Roy
Tanu RoyCast
Tarun
TarunCast
Tarun Kumar
Tarun KumarCast
Uttej
UttejCast
Vennila
VennilaCast
Vishnu
VishnuCast
A. R. Rahman
A. R. RahmanMusic
Achu Rajamani
Achu RajamaniMusic
G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash KumarMusic
Ilayaraja
IlayarajaMusic
Mani Sharma
Mani SharmaMusic
S. V. Krishna Reddy
S. V. Krishna ReddyMusic
Thaman
ThamanMusic
Prasad Murella2
Prasad MurellaCinematography
Rasool Ellore2
Rasool ElloreCinematography
Jayanan Vincent
Jayanan VincentCinematography
Kranthi Kumar
Kranthi KumarCinematography
P. S. Vinod
P. S. VinodCinematography
Ramkumar
RamkumarCinematography
Sameer Reddy
Sameer ReddyCinematography
Venu
VenuCinematography
Allu Aravind2
Allu AravindProduction
A. M. Rathnam
A. M. RathnamProduction
Mohan Babu
Mohan BabuProduction
Ramoji Rao
Ramoji RaoProduction
Anubhav Sinha
Anubhav SinhaWriting
G. Ravicharan Reddy
G. Ravicharan ReddyWriting
Janardhan Maharshi
Janardhan MaharshiWriting
Kona Venkat
Kona VenkatWriting
M. S. Raju
M. S. RajuWriting
Sreenivasan
SreenivasanWriting
Trivikram Srinivas
Trivikram SrinivasWriting
Veeru Potla
Veeru PotlaWriting

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