Posani Krishna Murali & Jabardasth Appa Rao Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Jamba Lakidi Pamba; the 2020s to Sarileru Neekevvaru. Posani Krishna Murali acted in every film; Jabardasth Appa Rao acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Posani Krishna Murali handpicked Appa Rao for 'Jamba Lakidi Pamba' (2018) after seeing him on the comedy show 'Jabardasth'. He wanted a raw, unfiltered comic energy — and Appa Rao had zero film experience at that point.
• On the sets of 'Magnet' (2019), Posani would write dialogues in the morning and Appa Rao would rewrite them in his own slang during the shot. Posani loved it — he said Appa Rao's improvisation made his lines land harder with the mass audience.
• Their hit streak — four films in three years — directly led to Appa Rao getting a role in 'Sarileru Neekevvaru' (2020) opposite Mahesh Babu. That film was the biggest commercial success of Appa Rao's career and opened doors for other TV comedians to enter mainstream Telugu cinema.
• Appa Rao once said about Posani: 'He gave me a break when no one else would even look at a TV comedian. I owe him my entire film career.' He said this during a 2020 interview about 'Sarileru Neekevvaru'.