Anushka Shetty & Raghu Babu Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Asthram; the 2010s to Mirchi. Anushka Shetty acted in every film; Raghu Babu acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Raghu Babu was cast as the comic sidekick in Asthram (2006) only after the director saw him improvise a scene with Anushka during a screen test — she kept breaking character, and he kept riffing off her laughter. That unscripted energy got them both the roles.
• In Panchakshari (2010), Anushka deliberately slowed down her dialogue delivery in their shared scenes so Raghu Babu could land his punchlines harder. He later said she was the only co-star who 'gave him the beat' instead of racing past him.
• On the sets of Ragada (2010), Anushka and Raghu Babu had a running bet: whoever flubbed a line first had to buy the entire crew chai. Raghu Babu lost every single day — and still jokes that she 'bankrupted' him over that shoot.
• Their comic timing in Ragada (2010) was so sharp that director Veeru Potla directly lifted their banter style for his next film — and cast Raghu Babu again as the lead comedian, launching a second career for him as a full-time comic actor.
• Raghu Babu once said in an interview: 'Anushka doesn't just act with you — she listens to you. In Sye Raa, I had one scene with her, and she made me feel like I was the hero. That's rare.'
• After Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019) wrapped, Anushka gifted Raghu Babu a vintage watch with '4 films, 1 laugh' engraved on the back. He still wears it to every film launch.