Sameera Reddy & Sanjay Dutt Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Taxi No. 9211; the 2020s to Aakhri Sawal. Sameera Reddy acted in every film; Sanjay Dutt acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Sanjay Dutt personally called Sameera Reddy after watching her debut in 'Nayak' to offer her 'Maine Dil Tujhko Diya' (2002). She later said she was so nervous meeting him that she forgot her lines during the narration.
• In 'Musafir' (2004), Sanjay deliberately slowed down his delivery in every scene with Sameera so her raw, untrained energy wouldn't get swallowed by his screen presence. The director later admitted that's what made their fight-and-make-up scenes feel so real.
• Sameera has said in interviews that Sanjay would make her rehearse the same scene 10-12 times on set, not because she was bad, but because he wanted her to 'forget the camera' and just react. She credits that drill with teaching her how to act without thinking.
• "He never treated me like a newcomer. He'd say, 'You're my co-star, not my junior.' That confidence he gave me stayed with me through every film after." — Sameera Reddy, in a 2022 podcast about working with Sanjay Dutt.
• Their pairing in 'Plan' (2004) was the first time a mainstream Bollywood action film cast a female lead who wasn't just a love interest — Sameera's character was a con artist running her own game. That film directly influenced the writing of 'Jolly LLB' writer's next project, though it never got made.
• After 'Musafir' wrapped, Sanjay gifted Sameera a gold chain with a tiny film reel pendant. She still wears it to every film premiere, including her own comeback film in 2026 — which happens to be 'Aakhri Sawal', their fourth and final film together.