Gulshan Grover & Saif Ali Khan Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Gulshan Grover and Saif Ali Khan appeared together in 7 Hindi films between 1991 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Bullett Raja (2013 — 5.7/10). Films span Kurbaan (1991) through Bullett Raja (2013).
The Gulshan Grover & Saif Ali Khan partnership
After 13 years apart, they came back together for Woodstock Villa (2008). They didn't share a set between 1995 and 2008. They saved their best for last — Bullett Raja (5.7/10) came 22 years in.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Kurbaan (1991) to Bullett Raja (2013).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Imtihaan; the 2010s to Bullett Raja. Gulshan Grover acted in every film; Saif Ali Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Gulshan Grover was the one who got Saif Ali Khan to sign Woodstock Villa. Grover was producing the film and personally convinced Saif to come on board as the lead, marking their first collaboration.
- In Bullett Raja, Saif played the trigger-happy gangster while Gulshan played the ruthless politician. Their scenes together were a battle of styles: Saif's loose, improvisational energy versus Gulshan's precise, menacing delivery. The director said they pushed each other to go darker.
- Woodstock Villa was the first film produced by Gulshan Grover's own production company. If he hadn't cast Saif in that film, Grover might never have launched his production career — and the entire indie thriller wave that followed (like Ugly, Monica O My Darling) might have looked different.
- Gulshan Grover and Saif Ali Khan never hung out socially outside these films. Grover later admitted they had a strictly professional equation — no dinners, no phone calls. Their on-screen tension was real, not rehearsed.
- Gulshan Grover said about working with Saif: 'He has this casual arrogance that works perfectly for a villain to bounce off. I had to match his coolness with my intensity.'
7 films across 3 decades
The 1990s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.3/10.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.5/10.
- Imtihaan
- Kurbaan
- Woodstock Villa0
- Bullett Raja
- Agent Vinod
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 22 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, Gulshan Grover had 59 films behind them; Saif Ali Khan had 0.
Before Kurbaan, Gulshan Grover had starred in 59 films, including Arth (1982) and Sher Dil (1990).
After Bullett Raja, Gulshan Grover went on to appear in 17 more films, including Good Newwz (2019) and Love in Vietnam (2025).
Kurbaan was Saif Ali Khan's acting debut.
After Bullett Raja, Saif Ali Khan went on to appear in 20 more films, including Phantom (2015) and Vikram Vedha (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Gulshan Grover & Saif Ali Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Prem Chopra appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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