Pragathi & Vennela Kishore Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Pragathi and Vennela Kishore appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 2018 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mudra (2018 — 10.0/10). Films span Mudra (2018) through Arjun Suravaram (2019).
The Pragathi & Vennela Kishore partnership
One film towers over the rest: Mudra at 10.0/10. From Mudra (2018) to Arjun Suravaram (2019). It started with Mudra (2018).
Mudra is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
Pragathi acted in every film; Vennela Kishore acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Vennela Kishore was the one who pushed director Surya Teja to cast Pragathi in Mudra (2018). He had worked with her before and told the team she'd nail the intense role — which she did, earning the film a 10/10 hit rating.
- In F2 (2019), Pragathi and Vennela Kishore played off each other's comic timing like a relay race. She set up the punchlines with deadpan reactions; he delivered them with his signature stammer. The scene where she silently judges his character's excuses became a meme template in Telugu households.
- During the shoot of Arjun Suravaram (2019), Pragathi and Vennela Kishore had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the other a box of kaju katli. Kishore lost every single day — and still jokes he funded Pragathi's sweet tooth for a month.
- Vennela Kishore once said in a 2019 interview: 'Pragathi doesn't just act — she listens. In Mudra, I'd throw in an extra pause, and she'd adjust her expression mid-scene without missing a beat. That's rare.'
- Their pairing in Mudra (2018) directly led to director Surya Teja casting both of them again in his next project — a short film that later got expanded into a web series. That series hasn't released yet, but it exists only because these two clicked so hard in that one hit film.
3 films across 1 decade
- Mudra
- Arjun Suravaram
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 1 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, Pragathi had 12 films behind them; Vennela Kishore had 49. After Arjun Suravaram, Vennela Kishore kept going for 22 more films; Pragathi stepped back.
Before Mudra, Pragathi had starred in 12 films, including Shankara (2016) and Antaku Mundu Aa Taruvaata (2013).
After Arjun Suravaram, Pragathi went on to appear in 3 more films, including DJ Tillu (2022) and Super Machi (2022).
Before Mudra, Vennela Kishore had starred in 49 films, including Manamantha (2016) and Mahanubhavudu (2017).
After Arjun Suravaram, Vennela Kishore went on to appear in 22 more films, including Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (2022) and Hanuman (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Pragathi & Vennela Kishore's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Lavanya Tripathi is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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