Rao Ramesh & Posani Krishna Murali Movies Together List — 22 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 77% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Yatra; the 2020s to A1 Express. Rao Ramesh acted in every film; Posani Krishna Murali acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Julai (2012), almost didn't happen. Director Trivikram Srinivas specifically wanted Posani for the role of the corrupt minister, but Posani was hesitant to play a straight villain. Rao Ramesh, who was already cast as the hero's father, convinced Posani on set that the role would be iconic. It was.
• In every film, Posani would deliberately over-deliver his lines in the first take — shouting, pacing, going big. Rao Ramesh would then quietly ask for one more take, and in that second take, Posani would match Rao Ramesh's controlled, simmering energy. This became their unspoken ritual: one loud take, one tight take.
• Their face-off scene in Bharath Ane Nenu (2018) — where Posani's CM threatens Rao Ramesh's minister — became a template for political confrontation scenes in Telugu cinema. At least three major political dramas in 2019-2020 copied the staging: two characters sitting across a long table, one calm, one fuming, with a single glass of water between them.
• Off-screen, they never called each other by their screen names. Rao Ramesh called Posani 'Anna' (elder brother) and Posani called him 'Rao garu'. They had a standing rule: no discussing politics on set. Posani is a vocal political activist; Rao Ramesh is famously apolitical. They kept it that way for nine years.
• Posani once said in a 2019 interview: 'Rao Ramesh is the only actor who can make me shut up and listen. When he looks at me in a scene, I forget my lines — not because I'm nervous, but because I'm watching a master at work.'