M. S. Narayana & Venu Madhav Movies Together List — 29 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 90% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Hungama; the 2010s to Sudigadu. M. S. Narayana acted in every film; Venu Madhav acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• In Hungama (2005), Narayana’s deadpan delivery and Venu Madhav’s frantic energy created a rhythm where one set up the joke and the other landed it — a split-second timing they perfected over 25 films.
• They never rehearsed together. On the sets of Devadasu (2006), the director revealed they’d show up, glance at each other, and improvise entire scenes — no script, just trust built from years of working side by side.
• Their double-act in Hungama (2005) directly inspired the comedy track in the 2010 blockbuster Maryada Ramanna — the producer specifically asked for a similar bickering-duo dynamic.
• They first met on the sets of Azad (2000) as supporting players. Neither was a lead then, but they bonded over shared cigarette breaks and started riffing lines — the director noticed and wrote them into more scenes together.
• Venu Madhav once said in an interview: 'Narayana garu and I never needed a director for comedy. We’d just look at each other and know what the other was thinking. That’s 25 films of shorthand.'