Posani Krishna Murali & Tarun Arora Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Posani Krishna Murali and Tarun Arora appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 2017 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mudra (2018 — 10.0/10). Films span Khaidi No:150 (2017) through Seetimaarr (2021).
The Posani Krishna Murali & Tarun Arora partnership
One film towers over the rest: Mudra at 10.0/10. Between 2017 and 2021, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 4 years. For 4 years, a Posani–Tarun film arrived almost every year.
The work is uneven: Mudra (10.0) at one end, Seetimaarr (5.4) at the other. From Khaidi No:150 (2017) to Seetimaarr (2021).
The shape of the work
The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Mudra; the 2020s to Seetimaarr. Posani Krishna Murali acted in every film; Tarun Arora acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Tarun Arora was cast in Khaidi No:150 because Chiranjeevi specifically asked for a fresh face to play the villain. Tarun had just moved back from Mumbai and was almost unknown in Telugu. Chiranjeevi’s team found him through a modeling portfolio.
- In Mudra (2018), Posani wrote a 12-minute monologue for Tarun’s character. Tarun shot it in one take. Posani later said he rewrote the entire second half after seeing Tarun’s intensity in that scene.
- Posani and Tarun share a ritual: before every film’s first day shoot, they have a cup of black coffee together at the same café in Jubilee Hills. They did it for all three films, even when schedules were tight.
- Tarun Arora said in a 2019 interview: 'Posani garu doesn’t just write dialogues — he writes a rhythm. I had to unlearn my Hindi film training to match his beat. He made me a Telugu actor.'
- Because of their work in Mudra, director V. V. Vinayak cast Tarun as the lead in his next film. That film never released, but it was the first time Tarun was offered a hero role in Telugu — directly because Posani pushed for him.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2010s brought 3 films together, anchored by Mudra (10.0/10).
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.4/10.
- Mudra
- Khaidi No:150
- Seetimaarr
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Posani Krishna Murali had 77 films behind them; Tarun Arora had 9. After Seetimaarr, Posani Krishna Murali kept going for 26 more films; Tarun Arora stepped back.
Before Khaidi No:150, Posani Krishna Murali had starred in 77 films, including Manam (2014) and Ism (2016).
After Seetimaarr, Posani Krishna Murali went on to appear in 26 more films, including Umapathi (2023) and 18 Pages (2022).
Before Khaidi No:150, Tarun Arora had starred in 9 films, including Jab We Met (2007) and Kanithan (2016).
After Seetimaarr, Tarun Arora went on to appear in 2 more films, including Ramabanam (2023) and Agilan (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Posani Krishna Murali & Tarun Arora's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Lavanya Tripathi is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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