Posani Krishna Murali & Srikanth Iyengar Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

Posani Krishna Murali acted in every film; Srikanth Iyengar acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Srikanth Iyengar personally called Posani Krishna Murali to pitch the role in 'Bhala Thandanana' (2022). Posani was initially hesitant because the character required him to play a soft-spoken, vulnerable father — a complete 180 from his usual loud, ranting roles. Srikanth convinced him over a 40-minute phone call.
• In 'Bujji... Ila Raa' (2022), Srikanth Iyengar deliberately slowed down his delivery in every scene with Posani. He knew Posani’s natural rhythm is fast and aggressive, so he created pauses — forcing Posani to react instead of dominate. That push-and-pull made their arguments feel like real fights, not rehearsed dialogues.
• During the shoot of 'Drinker Sai' (2024), Posani and Srikanth shared a room in a small lodge near Rajahmundry for 18 days. They spent nights rewriting each other's scenes on hotel notepads. The director later said the final script was 40% their late-night improvisations.
• "Posani garu is the only actor who can make me forget my lines. He looks at me a certain way, and I just blank out — then we both laugh and the director yells 'cut'. That's the kind of presence he has." — Srikanth Iyengar, during a promotional interview for 'Bhala Thandanana'.
• Their pairing in 'Bhala Thandanana' (2022) directly inspired the casting of two other veteran character actors — Tanikella Bharani and Sudhakar Komakula — as a father-son duo in the 2023 film 'Meter'. The director of 'Meter' admitted in a press meet that he wanted the same 'unexpected tenderness' Posani and Srikanth had shown.