Rani Mukerji & Kareena Kapoor Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Yuva; the 2010s to Talaash. Rani Mukerji acted in every film; Kareena Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They were first paired together in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) because Karan Johar wanted two actresses who could hold their own against the Khans. Rani was cast first, and Kareena was brought in after her audition blew everyone away — but the two had never shared a scene before that film.
• In Yuva (2004), Rani and Kareena played women on opposite sides of a political riot. Director Mani Ratnam shot their confrontation scene in one continuous take — Rani set the emotional pace, and Kareena matched her beat for beat, improvising the final line that made the scene crackle.
• Their only film together that wasn't a blockbuster — Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) — was a flop, but it directly inspired the 'two friends in love with the same guy' trope that later became a staple in Bollywood rom-coms like Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).
• During the shoot of LOC Kargil (2003), both actresses shared a tiny army tent for two weeks in sub-zero temperatures. They later admitted they fought over the single heater — but also that it forced them to become real friends, not just co-stars.
• Rani once said about Kareena: 'She’s the only actress who can make me laugh so hard I forget my lines. On the set of Talaash, we had to be reshot three times because she kept cracking me up.'