Boman Irani & Saif Ali Khan Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Boman Irani and Saif Ali Khan appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 2003 and 2012. Their highest-rated collaboration was Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007 — 6.2/10). Films span Darna Mana Hai (2003) through Cocktail (2012).
The Boman Irani & Saif Ali Khan partnership
From Darna Mana Hai (2003) to Cocktail (2012). It started with Darna Mana Hai (2003).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Eklavya: The Royal Guard; the 2010s to Cocktail. Boman Irani acted in every film; Saif Ali Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- For Being Cyrus (2006), director Homi Adajania wanted a complete unknown for the role of the mysterious outsider. Saif Ali Khan, who was producing the film, personally pushed for Boman Irani — then known mostly as a character actor — to play the lead. It was Boman's first time carrying a film as the protagonist.
- On the set of Cocktail (2012), Saif and Boman had a running game: Saif would deliberately flub a line in the middle of a take to make Boman break character. Boman, a trained theatre actor, never cracked — but Saif's unpredictability forced him to stay razor-sharp in every scene.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 6.2/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.8/10.
- Eklavya: The Royal Guard
- Darna Mana Hai
- Cocktail
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Darna Mana Hai was Boman Irani's acting debut.
After Cocktail, Boman Irani went on to appear in 35 more films, including P.K. (2014) and 83 (2021).
Before Darna Mana Hai, Saif Ali Khan had starred in 27 films, including Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994).
After Cocktail, Saif Ali Khan went on to appear in 23 more films, including Phantom (2015) and Vikram Vedha (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Boman Irani & Saif Ali Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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