Raghu Babu & Krishna Bhagawan Movies Together List — 8 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 63% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Kabaddi Kabaddi; the 2010s to Parama Veera Chakra. Raghu Babu acted in every film; Krishna Bhagawan acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They first shared screen space in Gemini (2002), but neither was the lead. Raghu Babu played a henchman, Krishna Bhagawan a comic sidekick. The director saw their timing in a single scene together and cast them as a full comedy pair in Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003).
• In Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003), Raghu Babu played the straight man who gets frustrated, while Krishna Bhagawan did all the stammering and overreacting. Raghu later said in an interview that Bhagawan’s chaotic energy forced him to stay deadpan — that contrast became their signature.
• Their double-act in Srirama Chandrulu (2003) was so popular that the film’s producer greenlit a separate comedy track featuring just the two of them in Modati Cinema (2005). That film became a minor cult hit among college audiences in Andhra.
• On the sets of Donga Sachinollu (2008), Raghu Babu and Krishna Bhagawan shared a room in a small lodge near the shoot location. They would rehearse their scenes at night by acting them out in the dark, using only a phone flashlight.
• "He never laughed at my jokes on set. That made me work harder. If Raghu doesn't crack, I know I'm doing something right." — Krishna Bhagawan, in a 2012 interview about their comic timing.