Posani Krishna Murali & Chalapathi Rao Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Preyasi Raave; the 2010s to Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Chalapathi Rao was the one who brought Posani Krishna Murali into 'Jil' (2015) as the villain. Rao, playing a cop in the film, personally recommended Posani to director Radha Krishna Kumar after seeing his intensity in a stage play.
• In 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' (2016), Posani’s loud, theatrical villainy was deliberately pitched against Chalapathi Rao’s deadpan, understated comic timing. Rao would pause mid-dialogue to let Posani’s over-the-top reactions land — a rhythm they perfected over three films.
• Their face-off scene in 'Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu' (2016) — where Posani’s character threatens Rao’s in a game show — became a meme template in Telugu social media for 'unexpected betrayal' moments. It’s still shared on WhatsApp groups in Andhra.
• Posani and Chalapathi Rao never shared a meal together on any of these three sets. Posani is a strict vegetarian and Rao is a heavy non-veg eater — they’d joke that their only common ground was the shot list.
• Posani once said in a 2017 interview: 'Chalapathi Rao garu is the only actor who can make me look sane on screen. Without his calm face, my anger would just be noise.'