Nithya Menen & Nani Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nithya Menen and Nani appeared together in 4 Telugu films between 2011 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Awe (2018 — 7.4/10). Films span Ala Modalaindi (2011) through Awe (2018).
The Nithya Menen & Nani partnership
2011 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. They saved their best for last — Awe (7.4/10) came 7 years in. From Ala Modalaindi (2011) to Awe (2018).
Awe is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Ala Modalaindi (2011).
The shape of the work
Nithya Menen acted in every film; Nani acted in all of them. Mostly Telugu, with 1 film in Tamil.
Partnership facts
- Nani and Nithya Menen first met on the sets of Ala Modalaindi (2011). The director Nandini Reddy had already locked Nani, but Nithya was a last-minute replacement after the original actress walked out. Nani vouched for her after seeing her audition tape.
- In Awe (2018), Nani and Nithya Menen played a married couple with a dark secret. Nithya later said Nani deliberately underplayed his scenes to make her discomfort as the wife feel real. He told her, 'Your awkwardness is the character.'
- Ala Modalaindi (2011) was the film that launched both Nani and Nithya Menen as a romantic pair in Telugu. It directly inspired a wave of low-budget, urban rom-coms in Telugu cinema over the next few years.
- Nani and Nithya Menen have never worked together after Awe (2018). Nithya said in a 2021 interview that they drifted apart professionally because their career paths went in different directions, but she still calls him 'one of the most generous co-stars' she's had.
- Nithya Menen on Nani: 'He has this ability to make you feel like you're the only person in the room. On the sets of Ala Modalaindi, he'd rehearse with me for hours even after the director called cut.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Awe
- Ala Modalaindi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Telugu being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Ala Modalaindi was Nithya Menen's acting debut.
After Awe , Nithya Menen went on to appear in 12 more films, including RRR (2021) and Thiruchitrambalam (2022).
Before Ala Modalaindi, Nani had starred in 2 films, including Ashta Chamma (2008) and Bheemili (2010).
After Awe , Nani went on to appear in 11 more films, including Jersey (2019) and Hi Nanna (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nithya Menen & Nani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Bindu Madhavi is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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