Sunil Shetty & Salman Khan Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Dus; the 2010s to Welcome to New York. Sunil Shetty acted in every film; Salman Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Salman Khan personally called Suniel Shetty to offer him the role of a cop in 'Dus' (1997). The film was originally meant to star someone else, but Salman insisted on Suniel after their first meeting.
• On the sets of 'Kyon Ki' (2005), Salman would deliberately mess up his lines to make Suniel laugh during serious scenes. Suniel later said Salman's goofy energy helped him loosen up for the heavy emotional drama.
• Their only box office hit together, 'Welcome to New York' (2018), was a direct parody of their own public images — Suniel playing a tough guy who can't stop crying, Salman playing himself as a narcissist. It spawned a wave of meta-comedies in Bollywood.
• Suniel Shetty has said Salman Khan is the only co-star who calls him 'bhai' off-screen. They share a WhatsApp group called 'Dus Ka Dum' with the original 'Dus' team, and still send each other memes every week.
• Suniel Shetty on Salman Khan: 'He is the only actor who, after a fight scene, would come and check if I was okay before the director said cut. That's why I trust him with my life.'