Raghu Babu & Satyam Rajesh Movies Together List — 16 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Raghu Babu and Satyam Rajesh appeared together in 16 Telugu films between 2004 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Nagaram (2008 — 7.5/10). Films span Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy (2004) through (MAD)² (2025).
The Raghu Babu & Satyam Rajesh partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. 2013 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 21 years, a Raghu–Satyam film arrived almost every year.
Remarkably even — every film rates between 5.5 and 7.5. From Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy (2004) to (MAD)² (2025).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Nagaram; the 2020s to (MAD)². Raghu Babu acted in every film; Satyam Rajesh acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy (2004), was a low-budget comedy where both were relative newcomers. The director, K. Srinivas, paired them because he wanted fresh faces who could bounce off each other without ego — and neither had any clout to throw around yet.
- In Loukyam (2014), Raghu Babu played the loud, impulsive sidekick while Satyam Rajesh played the nervous, stammering foil. The comedy worked because Raghu set the pace with rapid-fire dialogue, and Rajesh deliberately slowed down his reactions — creating a rhythm where one rushed and the other dragged.
- Their pairing in Disco Raja (2020) — where they played bumbling henchmen — became so popular that the film's director, Vi Anand, later cast them together again in Coffee With A Killer (2025) specifically to recreate that comic energy. That sequel-of-sorts exists only because audiences loved their double act the first time.
- On the sets of Naayak (2013), Raghu Babu and Satyam Rajesh shared a room during the outdoor schedule in Hyderabad. They reportedly spent nights rewriting each other's lines for the next day's shoot — a habit they continued through Loukyam and Bhagya Nagara Veedhullo Gammathu.
- Satyam Rajesh once said in an interview: 'Raghu Babu is the only co-actor who can make me laugh even when the director is yelling at us. We don't need a script — we just look at each other and the scene writes itself.'
16 films across 3 decades
The 2000s brought 2 films together, anchored by Nagaram (7.5/10).
The 2010s brought 8 films together, anchored by Loukyam (7.1/10).
The 2020s brought 6 films together, anchored by (MAD)² (7.4/10).
- Nagaram
- Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy
- Loukyam
- Mirchi
- (MAD)²
- Ginna
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
16 films across 21 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
47% of Raghu Babu's screen credits are with Satyam Rajesh.
Before Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy, Raghu Babu had starred in 13 films, including Raghavendra (2003) and Golmaal (2003).
After (MAD)², Raghu Babu went on to appear in 5 more films, including Funky (2026) and Mana ShankaraVaraPrasad Garu (2026).
Before Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy, Satyam Rajesh had starred in 1 film, including Satyam (2003).
After (MAD)², Satyam Rajesh went on to appear in 1 more film, including Vishnu Vinyasam (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Raghu Babu & Satyam Rajesh's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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