Rani Mukerji & Kunal Kohli Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Rani Mukerji acted in every film; Kunal Kohli directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Kunal Kohli cast Rani in 'Hum Tum' after seeing her in 'Saathiya' — but she almost said no because she thought the script was too light. He convinced her over a 3-hour dinner at his place.
• On the sets of 'Hum Tum', Rani would improvise most of her comic lines. Kunal would let the camera roll and just react — that's why their banter feels so natural, especially the 'I hate you' scene in the rain.
• 'Hum Tum' directly inspired the Hollywood rom-com 'The Proposal' — the 'fake relationship turns real' arc was lifted by Disney execs who saw the Hindi film at a festival. Rani and Kunal's film came first.
• Kunal and Rani stayed close after 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' flopped. He was one of the first people she called when she decided to take a break from films in 2014. They still text each other on birthdays.
• Kunal Kohli once said: 'Rani is the only actress who can make a director look good even when the script is bad. She saved my career twice.' — in a 2009 interview with Filmfare.