Samantha Akkineni & Kota Srinivasa Rao Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Samantha Akkineni and Kota Srinivasa Rao appeared together in 6 Telugu films between 2010 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013 — 7.4/10). Films span Brindavanam (2010) through S/O Satyamurthy (2015).
The Samantha Akkineni & Kota Srinivasa Rao partnership
Between 2010 and 2015, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 5 years. 2013 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 5 years, a Samantha–Kota film arrived almost every year.
From Brindavanam (2010) to S/O Satyamurthy (2015). Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu is the one most viewers reach for.
The shape of the work
Samantha Akkineni acted in every film; Kota Srinivasa Rao acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Dookudu (2011), Kota Srinivasa Rao's character was a loud, corrupt politician. Samantha played the love interest. Director Srinu Vaitla made them share zero scenes together — their characters never even meet on screen. The entire 'collaboration' in that film is just them existing in the same movie.
- Their first actual scene together happened in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013). Kota played Samantha's grandfather. The film's emotional core — a grandfather-granddaughter bond — was built entirely on their real-life comfort. Kota later said Samantha called him 'thatha' (grandpa) off-screen from day one of rehearsals.
- During the shoot of S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Kota Srinivasa Rao was recovering from a knee surgery. Samantha would personally bring him his lunch plate every day on set, making sure he didn't have to walk to the catering area. No one asked her to do it.
- Kota Srinivasa Rao said in a 2015 interview: 'Samantha is the only young heroine who calls me 'thatha' even when the camera is off. That respect is rare in this industry.'
- In S/O Satyamurthy (2015), Kota's character is a loyal family servant who sacrifices everything for his master's son. Samantha's character is the love interest who enters late. Their only shared scene is a brief funeral sequence — no dialogue between them. Three films, and they barely spoke two lines to each other on screen.
6 films across 1 decade
- Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu
- Atharintiki Daaredi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 5 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, Samantha Akkineni had 0 films behind them; Kota Srinivasa Rao had 124.
Brindavanam was Samantha Akkineni's acting debut.
After S/O Satyamurthy, Samantha Akkineni went on to appear in 28 more films, including Super Deluxe (2019) and Mersal (2017).
Before Brindavanam, Kota Srinivasa Rao had starred in 124 films, including Classmates (2007) and Athadu (2005).
After S/O Satyamurthy, Kota Srinivasa Rao went on to appear in 24 more films, including Konda Polam (2021) and Maharshi (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Samantha Akkineni & Kota Srinivasa Rao's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Brahmanandam is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 6 films. Brahmanandam appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead. They worked with the same 5 people again and again — a small repertory company.
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