Annapoorna & Meka Srikanth Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Annapoorna and Meka Srikanth appeared together in 3 Telugu films between 1999 and 2014. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kanchanamala Cable TV (2005 — 6.5/10). Films span Preyasi Raave (1999) through Kshatriya (2014).
The Annapoorna & Meka Srikanth partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Kshatriya (2014). Their work runs across 3 decades of Telugu cinema. They didn't share a set between 2005 and 2014.
From Preyasi Raave (1999) to Kshatriya (2014). It started with Preyasi Raave (1999).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Preyasi Raave; the 2010s to Kshatriya. Annapoorna acted in every film; Meka Srikanth acted in all of them. Strictly Telugu cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Annapoorna was already a well-known character actress when she was cast as Srikanth's mother in Preyasi Raave (1999). Srikanth was a newcomer then, and she later admitted she initially thought he looked too young to play her son on screen.
- In Kanchanamala Cable TV (2005), Annapoorna played a loud, nosy neighbor while Srikanth played a frustrated husband. She set the comic tempo with her rapid-fire dialogue delivery, and Srikanth matched her beat-for-beat — his deadpan reactions became the film's running gag.
- On the sets of Kshatriya (2014), Annapoorna would bring homemade pickles for Srikanth because she knew he missed his mother's cooking. He later said that gesture made their on-screen mother-son bond feel effortless.
- Srikanth once said in an interview: 'Annapoorna garu doesn't just act with you — she mothers you on set. That's why our scenes together always feel real.'
- Their pairing in Kanchanamala Cable TV (2005) became a template for Telugu comedy films where a mature actress and a younger hero play off each other as comic foils. Several later films copied the 'nosy neighbor vs. frustrated son-in-law' dynamic.
3 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.1/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.5/10.
- Preyasi Raave
- Kanchanamala Cable TV
- Kshatriya
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Preyasi Raave, both already had careers — Annapoorna with 16 films, Meka Srikanth with 12.
Before Preyasi Raave, Annapoorna had starred in 16 films, including Vaathiyaar Veettu Pillai (1989) and Peddannayya (1997).
After Kshatriya, Annapoorna went on to appear in 23 more films, including Thank You Brother! (2021) and O Saathiya (2023).
Before Preyasi Raave, Meka Srikanth had starred in 12 films, including Varasudu (1993) and Pelli Sandadi (1997).
After Kshatriya, Meka Srikanth went on to appear in 13 more films, including Kothala Rayudu (2022) and Sarrainodu (2016).
Collaboration Journey
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