Anushka Shetty & Ramya Krishnan Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Baahubali; the 2020s to Bāhubali: The Epic. Anushka Shetty acted in every film; Ramya Krishnan acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Rajamouli cast Anushka as Devasena only after Ramya Krishnan, who played Sivagami, personally told him she couldn't imagine anyone else in the role. Ramya had already shot her portions and insisted Anushka was the only one who could match her intensity.
• In Baahubali 2, the scene where Sivagami slaps Devasena was shot in one take. Ramya actually held back, but Anushka told her to hit harder. The final slap left a red mark on Anushka's face for two hours. Rajamouli kept it in the film.
• During the Soggade Chinni Nayana shoot in 2016, Ramya would cook biryani for the entire unit every Sunday. Anushka sat next to her and learned the recipe. She still makes it at home and calls it 'Ramya akka's biryani'.
• The mother-daughter-in-law dynamic they created in Baahubali directly inspired the 2022 Tamil film 'Sardar' — the director said he wrote the mother-son conflict after watching how Ramya and Anushka's silent standoff in the throne room scene worked without a single line of dialogue.
• Anushka said in a 2017 interview: 'Ramya akka doesn't act. She just becomes the character. Standing opposite her, I had to forget I was acting too. Otherwise she'd eat me alive on screen.'
• After Ghaati bombed in 2025, Ramya called Anushka the next morning and said, 'We picked a bad script. That's it. Our friendship isn't a box office number.' They went for a long drive that evening. No photos, no posts.