Vennela Kishore & Ravi Teja Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2020s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Daruvu; the 2020s to Disco Raja. Vennela Kishore acted in every film; Ravi Teja acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Their first film together, Daruvu (2012), almost didn't happen. Ravi Teja was initially hesitant to cast Vennela Kishore because he thought the comedian's deadpan style wouldn't fit the film's loud, massy tone. Kishore auditioned three times before Ravi finally said yes.
• In Amar Akbar Anthony (2018), Ravi Teja deliberately slowed down his delivery in every scene with Vennela Kishore. He told the director he wanted Kishore's pauses to land — so he'd wait an extra beat before reacting. That rhythm became the film's funniest moments.
• The Vennela Kishore-Ravi Teja combo in Disco Raja (2020) directly inspired the comic track in the 2023 blockbuster Waltair Veerayya. Director K. S. Ravindra wrote the entire 'Bobbili Puli' comedy sequence specifically to recreate their Disco Raja energy — and it became the most-shared clip from the film.
• On the sets of Khiladi (2022), Ravi Teja would call Vennela Kishore at 6 AM every day to rehearse lines over the phone. Kishore later said in an interview that Ravi never let him sleep in — but that's why their comic timing was so tight.
• "Ravi Teja is the only hero who lets me take the last punchline. Most heroes want the final laugh. He gives it to me." — Vennela Kishore, in a 2023 interview with The Hindu about Waltair Veerayya.