Prabhas & Rana Daggubati Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2020s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Baahubali; the 2020s to Kalki 2898 AD. Prabhas acted in every film; Rana Daggubati acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Before Baahubali, Rana was actually considered for the role of Bhallaladeva — but director S.S. Rajamouli initially wanted a bulkier, older actor. Rana lobbied hard, even growing his beard and putting on 20 kilos of muscle before the final audition. Prabhas, already cast as Amarendra Baahubali, personally backed Rana during the screen tests, telling Rajamouli, 'He’s the only one who can match me in a fight.'
• On the Baahubali sets, Prabhas and Rana developed a silent rule: every time they shot a fight scene, they’d do one extra take without the stunt coordinator — just the two of them improvising. That raw, unscripted energy is what made the 'clash of the titans' sword fight in Baahubali 2 feel so real. Rana later said, 'Prabhas doesn't hold back, and that forces you to be your best.'
• Their on-screen rivalry in Baahubali directly inspired the casting of the 2022 pan-India hit 'RRR' — director Rajamouli wanted a similar 'brother vs brother' tension between N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan. He told a press meet, 'I learned from Prabhas and Rana that the audience loves two equals fighting for the same throne.'
• During the grueling 3-year Baahubali shoot, Prabhas and Rana shared a small caravan on set. They’d cook together — Rana’s specialty was Andhra-style chicken curry, Prabhas made dal. Rana once joked, 'We fought on screen, but off screen we were each other’s lunch partners.' They still text each other every birthday.
• Rana Daggubati, on why their pairing worked: 'Prabhas and I are like fire and ice. He’s the volcano that erupts, I’m the glacier that holds. Together, we made the screen burn.' He said this during the Kalki 2898 AD promotions in June 2024.
• In Kalki 2898 AD, their dynamic flipped completely. In Baahubali, Prabhas was the hero and Rana the villain. In Kalki, Rana plays a morally grey mentor figure to Prabhas’s brooding warrior. Rana said in a behind-the-scenes video that they deliberately reversed their energy: 'I had to be calm and wise this time, while Prabhas had to be the angry one. It was like swapping costumes.'