Ravi Varma & Posani Krishna Murali Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ravi Varma and Posani Krishna Murali appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 2022 and 2023. Their highest-rated collaboration was Shekar (2022 — 6.9/10). Films span Bhala Thandanana (2022) through Spy (2023).
The Ravi Varma & Posani Krishna Murali partnership
Between 2022 and 2023, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 1 years. From Bhala Thandanana (2022) to Spy (2023). Their most recent film, Spy, came out in 2023 — the partnership is still active.
It started with Bhala Thandanana (2022).
The shape of the work
Ravi Varma acted in every film; Posani Krishna Murali acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Posani Krishna Murali didn't write Bhala Thandanana for Ravi Varma. He wrote it for a bigger star. But when that actor backed out last minute, Posani rewrote the entire script in 10 days to fit Ravi Varma's energy. Ravi Varma said yes without reading the full script.
- On the sets of Shekar, Posani would deliberately give Ravi Varma only half the dialogue before a take. He wanted Ravi to react naturally instead of reciting lines. Ravi Varma later said this made him feel like he was acting for the first time.
- Because Bhala Thandanana worked in limited theatres, Posani cast Ravi Varma again in Shekar — but this time as a cop. That film's moderate box office directly led to Posani writing a full-on police thriller for Ravi Varma in 2024, which is still in production.
- During the shoot of Valentines Night, Posani and Ravi Varma had a massive argument over a scene's climax. They didn't speak for three days. Then Posani showed up at Ravi's house at 2 AM with a bottle of whiskey and a rewritten ending. They shot it the next morning.
- Posani Krishna Murali said about Ravi Varma: 'He is the only actor who can make my loudest dialogues sound like he just thought of them. I write for his voice now.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Shekar
- Bhala Thandanana
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 1 years represents focused partnership.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Ravi Varma had 27 films behind them; Posani Krishna Murali had 138.
Before Bhala Thandanana, Ravi Varma had starred in 27 films, including Maa Oori Polimera (2021) and Ichata Vahanamulu Nilupa Radu (2021).
After Spy, Ravi Varma went on to appear in 9 more films, including Ooru Peru Bhairavakona (2024) and Satyabhama (2024).
Before Bhala Thandanana, Posani Krishna Murali had starred in 138 films, including Mudra (2018) and A1 Express (2021).
After Spy, Posani Krishna Murali went on to appear in 6 more films, including Solo Boy (2025) and Kallu Compound 1995 (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ravi Varma & Posani Krishna Murali's professional partnership
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