Samantha Akkineni & Akkineni Naga Chaitanya Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

Samantha Akkineni acted in every film; Akkineni Naga Chaitanya acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.

Partnership facts

• Samantha was a newcomer when she signed Ye Maaya Chesave (2010). Naga Chaitanya was already a star kid. The director, Gautham Menon, made them do a screen test together before he greenlit the film. That test convinced him they had something special.
• In Manam (2014), they played a couple in one timeline and a mother-son duo in another. The trick? Samantha said she had to 'unlearn' their romantic chemistry for the mother role. She deliberately avoided eye contact with Chaitanya during those scenes to break their usual rhythm.
• Their real-life romance started during the shoot of Majili (2019). The film's director, Shiva Nirvana, later admitted he noticed they were 'too comfortable' with each other on set. Their wedding in 2021 was directly inspired by the chemistry they built while filming that movie.
• During the making of Autonagar Surya (2014), the film was delayed for years. Samantha and Chaitanya would still meet up for coffee even when the project was stalled. A crew member said they were the only ones who believed the film would ever release.
• Samantha on working with Chaitanya in Mahanati (2018): 'He made me feel safe. When you're playing a real-life legend like Savitri, you need a co-star who doesn't judge you. He just let me be.'