Nana Patekar & Paresh Rawal Movies Together List — 8 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nana Patekar and Paresh Rawal appeared together in 8 Hindi films between 1994 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Welcome (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Krantiveer (1994) through Housefull 4 (2019).
The Nana Patekar & Paresh Rawal partnership
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Krantiveer (1994) to Housefull 4 (2019). It started with Krantiveer (1994).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Ghulam-E-Musthaf; the 2010s to Housefull 4. Nana Patekar acted in every film; Paresh Rawal acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in Ghulam-E-Musthafa (1997) because Nana Patekar personally asked director Partho Ghosh to cast Paresh Rawal as the villain. Nana had seen Paresh's stage work and insisted he was the only one who could match his intensity.
- In Aanch (2003), Nana played a blind man and Paresh played his eyes. The entire emotional weight of the film rested on Paresh describing the world to Nana — and Nana reacting without seeing. They rehearsed the scenes blindfolded together for a week before shooting.
- Their comic pairing in Welcome (2007) directly led to the 'Uday Shetty' and 'Dr. Ghungroo' characters becoming pop culture staples. The film's success spawned a sequel (Welcome Back, 2015) and inspired a wave of 'gangster comedy' films in Bollywood — including the entire 'Housefull' franchise.
- On the sets of Hattrick (2007), Nana and Paresh had a running bet: whoever flubbed a dialogue first had to buy the entire crew chai. Nana lost every single day. Paresh later said Nana deliberately flubbed because he liked paying for the chai.
- Paresh Rawal once said: 'Nana and I don't need to rehearse. We just look at each other and know what the other will do. It's like we share the same brain for those 3 minutes.' — in a 2015 interview promoting Welcome Back.
8 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.9/10.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.6/10.
- Ghulam-E-Musthaf
- Krantiveer
- Welcome
- Aanch
- Housefull 4
- Welcome Back
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
8 films across 25 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Krantiveer, both already had careers — Nana Patekar with 20 films, Paresh Rawal with 46.
Before Krantiveer, Nana Patekar had starred in 20 films, including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) and Tirangaa (1992).
After Housefull 4, Nana Patekar went on to appear in 5 more films, including Vanvaas (2024) and Subedaar (2026).
Before Krantiveer, Paresh Rawal had starred in 46 films, including Swayam (1991) and Aankhen (1993).
After Housefull 4, Paresh Rawal went on to appear in 18 more films, including Sarfira (2024) and Sharmaji Namkeen (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nana Patekar & Paresh Rawal's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
John Abraham appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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