Posani Krishna Murali & Srinivas Avasarala Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

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

Partnership facts

• Posani Krishna Murali wrote the dialogues for Srinivas Avasarala's directorial debut 'Jil' (2015) — but only after Avasarala personally visited his home and narrated the entire script to him over chai. Posani initially said no because he was busy with politics.
• In 'Bandipotu' (2015), Posani played a corrupt politician while Avasarala played a conman. They shot their confrontation scene in one take because both kept breaking into laughter — the director finally locked the first take and used it.
• During 'Majili' (2019), Avasarala would call Posani every night before the next day's shoot to rehearse their scenes over the phone. Posani later said Avasarala was the only co-star who ever did that with him.
• Their back-and-forth in 'Maharshi' (2019) — where Posani played a ruthless corporate boss and Avasarala a loyal friend — directly inspired the comic-relief duo in the 2021 film 'Raja Raja Chora'. The writer admitted he modeled the pair after them.
• Avasarala once said in an interview: 'Posani garu can make even a phone directory sound like poetry. I wrote my scenes just to hear him speak them.'