Deepika Padukone & Abhishek Bachchan Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey; the 2020s to King. Deepika Padukone acted in every film; Abhishek Bachchan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Deepika was the one who pushed for Abhishek to be cast in Happy New Year. She told director Farah Khan that Abhishek would nail the comic timing of the character Nandu — and Farah agreed on the spot.
• In Housefull 4, they played a couple across two timelines — and Abhishek later admitted that Deepika’s comic timing in the medieval portions was so sharp that he kept breaking character during their scenes together.
• Their only film together that was a box office hit — Housefull 4 — directly led to the spin-off franchise idea for the 'Housefull' universe, with both actors being approached for sequels that never materialized together.
• On the sets of Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, Deepika and Abhishek developed a habit of playing chess between takes. Abhishek taught her the game, and they kept it up through all their later films together.
• Abhishek on Deepika after Happy New Year: 'She’s the only co-star who made me forget my lines because I was laughing so hard. She doesn’t get enough credit for her comedy.'