Priyanka Chopra & Farhan Akhtar Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Don: The Chase Begins Again; the 2010s to The Sky Is Pink. Farhan Akhtar director in some, actor in others. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Farhan Akhtar didn't just act with Priyanka in Don — he directed her. He cast her as the female lead in his 2006 reboot, but only after she convinced him she could pull off the action. She trained in martial arts for months before shooting began.
• On the set of Dil Dhadakne Do, Priyanka and Farhan improvised the entire 'Pehli Baar' song sequence. They decided on the spot to make it a playful, competitive dance-off instead of a romantic one. The director Zoya Akhtar loved it and kept it in the final cut.
• Their pairing in Don (2006) directly led to the casting of Priyanka as the female lead in Farhan's production 'Karthik Calling Karthik' (2010). He produced it, she starred in it, and the film became a sleeper hit that launched director Vijay Lalwani.
• Priyanka and Farhan have a running inside joke about their 'Don' handshake. They invented a secret handshake on the set of the first film and still do it every time they meet, even at award shows. She confirmed this in a 2019 interview.
• Farhan once said about Priyanka: 'She’s the only actor I know who can cry on cue and then crack a joke two seconds later. She made me a better actor because I had to match her energy.' He said this during a 2019 promotional event for The Sky Is Pink.
• In The Sky Is Pink, Priyanka and Farhan deliberately avoided rehearsing their emotional scenes together. They wanted the rawness of real grief on camera. Director Shonali Bose revealed they would only talk about the scene right before 'action' was called, keeping the tension alive.