Lara Dutta & Salman Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Lara Dutta and Salman Khan appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2005 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was No Entry (2005 — 5.6/10). Films span No Entry (2005) through Welcome to New York (2018).
The Lara Dutta & Salman Khan partnership
After 11 years apart, they came back together for Welcome to New York (2018). They didn't share a set between 2007 and 2018. From No Entry (2005) to Welcome to New York (2018).
It started with No Entry (2005).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to No Entry; the 2010s to Welcome to New York. Lara Dutta 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 Lara Dutta to offer her the role in No Entry (2005) after the original actress walked out. He told her, 'You don't even need to audition. Just say yes.'
- On the sets of Partner (2007), Lara Dutta was the only actor who could make Salman Khan break character mid-scene. She would deliberately mess up her lines to crack him up, and the director kept those takes because they looked more natural.
- Lara Dutta and Salman Khan have a running joke that they are 'box office poison' together. After three films that all scored below 6/10, they still remained friends — she once said, 'We just have fun. The numbers don't matter to us.'
- The success of No Entry (2005) directly led to the comedy trend of multi-starrer sex comedies in Bollywood. Films like Kyaa Kool Hai Hum and Masti followed its formula — and Lara and Salman's pairing was the template for that entire wave.
- Lara Dutta on Salman Khan: 'He is the most generous co-star I've ever worked with. On No Entry, he would make sure my vanity van had fresh flowers every single day. Nobody asked him to do that.'
- In Welcome to New York (2018), Salman Khan and Lara Dutta had zero scenes together. They were in the same film but never shared frame — making it the only film in their three-film collaboration where they didn't actually act opposite each other.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.3/10.
- No Entry
- Partner
- Welcome to New York
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 13 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Lara Dutta had 7 films behind them; Salman Khan had 55.
Before No Entry, Lara Dutta had starred in 7 films, including Arasatchi (2004) and Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost (2003).
After Welcome to New York, Lara Dutta went on to appear in 4 more films, including Bell Bottom (2021) and Ishq-e-Nadaan (2023).
Before No Entry, Salman Khan had starred in 55 films, including Baghban (2003) and Phir Milenge (2004).
After Welcome to New York, Salman Khan went on to appear in 13 more films, including The B****di (2025) and Pathaan (2023).
Collaboration Journey
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