Samantha Akkineni & Rahul Ravindran Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Samantha Akkineni and Rahul Ravindran appeared together in 3 Tamil films between 2010 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was U Turn (2018 — 7.2/10). Films span Moscowin Kavery (2010) through Manmadhudu 2 (2019).
The Samantha Akkineni & Rahul Ravindran partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for U Turn (2018). They didn't share a set between 2010 and 2018. From Moscowin Kavery (2010) to Manmadhudu 2 (2019).
U Turn is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Moscowin Kavery (2010).
Partnership facts
- Samantha personally recommended Rahul Ravindran for the lead role in Moscowin Kavery (2010). The director was looking for a fresh face, and she pushed for Rahul after meeting him at a common friend's party.
- On the set of U Turn (2018), Samantha and Rahul swapped roles for a rehearsal. She played his cop character, and he played her journalist. That exercise unlocked the tense back-and-forth rhythm they used in the interrogation scenes.
- Rahul Ravindran was the first person Samantha called after she signed her divorce papers in 2021. He drove straight to her house and sat with her for three hours without saying a word.
- Rahul said in a 2019 interview: 'Samantha is the only co-star who has seen me cry. Not on screen — actually cry. And she didn't make it weird. She just handed me a tissue and said, 'Finish it, then we'll shoot.'
- Because of their friendship, Rahul introduced Samantha to his wife, actress Chinmayi. The three of them later co-founded the dubbing studio 'V3' in Chennai — a direct business born from this on-set bond.
3 films across 1 decade
- U Turn
- Moscowin Kavery
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Tamil being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Moscowin Kavery was Samantha Akkineni's acting debut.
After Manmadhudu 2, Samantha Akkineni went on to appear in 11 more films, including Jaanu (2020) and Jaanu (2020).
Moscowin Kavery was Rahul Ravindran's acting debut.
After Manmadhudu 2, Rahul Ravindran went on to appear in 8 more films, including The Great Indian Kitchen (2023) and Shyam Singha Roy (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Samantha Akkineni & Rahul Ravindran's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Samantha Akkineni & Rahul Ravindran's films together
