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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).

3
Films Together
7.6
Average Rating
2018 - 2019
Career Span
Telugu
Primary Language
Credibility
Career Phase
Active×Active

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

2010s
Films3
Avg Rating7.6/10
Notable:
  • Mudra(10)
  • Arjun Suravaram(6.6)
Era:
Pragathi: ActiveVennela: Active

The partnership in numbers

Partnership Pattern

Duration20182019
Span1 years
Avg Interval~1 years

3 films across 1 years represents consistent collaboration.

Language Distribution

Telugu
3 films (100%)

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.

Pragathi

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).

Vennela Kishore

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).

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