Boman Irani & Kareena Kapoor Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to 3 Idiots; the 2010s to Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu. Boman Irani acted in every film; Kareena Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Boman Irani was a theater actor with almost no film experience when Rajkumar Hirani cast him in 3 Idiots. Kareena Kapoor, already a star, had no problem sharing screen space with a newcomer — she later said she didn't even realize he was a debutant until after the shoot.
• In 3 Idiots, Kareena's character Pia is the emotional anchor, while Boman's Virus is the rigid antagonist. Their only direct scene together — the hospital confrontation — was shot in one take because both actors refused to break character. Boman later said Kareena's intensity made him forget he was acting.
• During the shoot of Kambakkht Ishq in 2009, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor discovered they shared a love for vintage cars. Boman would drive his old Fiat to set, and Kareena would beg him for rides between shots. They still text each other whenever they spot a classic car.
• Kareena Kapoor on Boman Irani: 'He is the only co-star who made me laugh so hard during a scene that the director had to cut. In Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, we were supposed to be serious, but he kept doing this thing with his eyebrows — I couldn't stop giggling.'
• The success of 3 Idiots (2009) directly led to Boman Irani being cast as the villain in the Hollywood film The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018). Kareena Kapoor recommended him to the casting director after they worked together — she told them, 'He can do menace with a smile.'