Rajesh Khanna & Rakesh Roshan Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Rajesh Khanna acted in every film; Rakesh Roshan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• The failure of Aakhir Kyon? (1985) convinced Rakesh Roshan to stop acting and move fully into directing. Without that box-office disaster, we might never have gotten Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai or Krrish — both directed by Roshan.
• Rajesh Khanna was already a fading superstar when he agreed to do Dhanwan (1981) with Rakesh Roshan, who was still a struggling actor. Khanna reportedly took a pay cut to work with Roshan, hoping the pairing would revive both their careers.
• On the sets of Awaaz (1984), Rakesh Roshan would often improvise comic lines during takes, and Rajesh Khanna would immediately riff off them — turning flat scenes into banter-heavy exchanges. The director let them keep rolling because the spontaneity worked.
• During the making of Aakhir Kyon? (1985), Rajesh Khanna would drive Rakesh Roshan home after late-night shoots in his own car. Roshan later said Khanna never let him feel like a junior artist — they'd stop for chai and talk about films for hours.
• Rakesh Roshan once said in an interview: 'Rajesh Khanna taught me how to hold a pause on screen. He'd say, "Beta, silence is louder than dialogue." I used that lesson in every film I directed later.'