Prabhu Deva & Salman Yusuff Khan Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Wanted; the 2020s to Be Happy. Prabhu Deva acted in every film; Salman Yusuff Khan acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• Prabhu Deva was the one who personally called Salman Yusuff Khan to cast him as the villain in 'Wanted' (2009). Salman was a choreographer with zero acting experience, but Prabhu saw his dance battle footage and decided to take a gamble on him.
• In 'ABCD: Any Body Can Dance' (2013), Prabhu Deva deliberately slowed down his own dance speed to match Salman's raw, street-style energy. He told Salman, 'You lead, I'll follow' — flipping the usual star-choreographer hierarchy to make the group numbers feel organic.
• Their partnership in 'ABCD 2' (2015) directly launched Varun Dhawan as a credible dancer-actor. Prabhu choreographed, Salman co-choreographed and acted — and the film's success made Varun the go-to guy for dance-heavy Bollywood films for the next five years.
• On the sets of 'Lakshmi' (2018), Prabhu Deva would personally cook South Indian food for Salman Yusuff Khan every weekend. Salman later said Prabhu treated him like a younger brother, not just a co-star — and they'd often stay up late discussing dance theory after pack-up.
• Salman Yusuff Khan said about Prabhu Deva: 'He never treated me like a junior artist. In 'Wanted', he gave me equal screen time in the climax fight. That's rare for a debut villain.' — Interview with Bollywood Hungama, 2019.
• In 'Street Dancer 3D' (2020), Prabhu Deva insisted Salman Yusuff Khan choreograph his own solo dance sequence without any interference. Salman's 'Mile Sur' piece became the most-shared clip from the film on Instagram, proving Prabhu trusted Salman's vision more than his own.