Deepika Padukone & Amitabh Bachchan Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s belonged to Piku; the 2020s to Kalki 2898 AD. Deepika Padukone acted in every film; Amitabh Bachchan acted in all of them.

Partnership facts

• Deepika was just 25 and barely three films old when she was cast opposite Amitabh in Aarakshan (2011). She later admitted she was terrified of him on day one — so much so that she couldn't look him in the eye during their first scene together.
• In Piku (2015), Amitabh deliberately played Bhaskor as loud and demanding — but he always checked with Deepika before takes. He told her: 'You're the one driving this scene. I'll follow your rhythm.' She set the pace; he matched it.
• On the Kalki 2898 AD (2024) set, Amitabh would whisper his lines to Deepika before takes — not because he forgot them, but because he wanted her to hear the exact rhythm he was using. She then adjusted her own delivery to sync with his breath control.
• After Piku wrapped, Amitabh gifted Deepika a handwritten note that she still keeps in her vanity van. It read: 'You made me feel like a co-star, not a senior. Thank you for that.'
• Amitabh on Deepika after Piku: 'She is the most generous actor I have worked with. She gives you space, she gives you time, and she never competes. That is rare.'
• The father-daughter dynamic in Piku directly inspired the tone of the 2017 film 'Hindi Medium' — director Saket Chaudhary admitted he studied the Bhaskor-Piku scenes to write the parent-child conflict in his own film.