Raghu Babu & Jaya Prakash Reddy Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Golmaal; the 2010s to Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu. Raghu Babu acted in every film; Jaya Prakash Reddy acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003), almost didn't happen. The director wanted a different actor for Raghu Babu's role, but Jaya Prakash Reddy personally insisted on casting him after seeing his work in a stage play.
• In Golmaal (2003), Jaya Prakash Reddy's booming, authoritative delivery set the rhythm, and Raghu Babu would deliberately pause mid-dialogue to let the silence build tension before firing back. That push-and-pull became their signature comic timing.
• On the sets of Apparao Driving School (2004), the two would bet on who could make the crew laugh first between takes. Raghu Babu usually won, but Jaya Prakash Reddy once paid him ₹500 to stop — just so they could finish the scene.
• Their double-act in Naayak (2013) was so popular that the director added extra scenes for them during reshoots, directly inspiring a wave of 'comedy duo vs. hero' subplots in Telugu masala films over the next two years.
• Jaya Prakash Reddy once said in an interview: 'Raghu Babu is the only actor who can make me forget my lines because I'm laughing so hard. We never rehearsed — we just fed off each other.'
• In Rough (2014), they improvised an entire three-minute argument about a missing chicken. The director kept the camera rolling because neither broke character — that scene made it to the final cut exactly as they played it.