Posani Krishna Murali & Ram Pothineni Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Masala; the 2020s to Red. Posani Krishna Murali acted in every film; Ram Pothineni acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Posani Krishna Murali wrote the dialogues for Ram Pothineni's 2013 film 'Masala' — that's how they first worked together. Ram liked Posani's energy so much that he insisted Posani also play a key role in the film. That double duty (writer + actor) became their signature.
• In 'Shivam' (2015), Posani played the villain who constantly out-talks Ram's hero. Ram told a press meet that Posani's dialogue delivery was so fast and sharp that he had to rehearse his reactions twice as hard just to keep up. Posani set the pace; Ram matched it.
• Posani Krishna Murali is famously a political writer and activist. Ram Pothineni once said in an interview that during the 'Hyper' (2016) shoot, Posani would lecture the entire unit on current affairs between takes. Ram called him 'the most unpredictable co-star' because you never knew if he'd deliver a punchline or a political speech next.
• Ram Pothineni said about Posani: 'He doesn't act — he just becomes the character. I learned to trust my instincts more after working with him.' He said this during the audio launch of 'Hyper' in 2016.
• Their 2015 film 'Shivam' was a remake of a Tamil film, but Posani rewrote the Telugu dialogues so aggressively that the Tamil original's writer later said he 'wished he'd written it that way.' That film directly led to Posani being cast as the main villain in multiple Telugu remakes of Tamil hits.