Chitrangada Singh & Akshay Kumar Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Gabbar is Back; the 2020s to Khel Khel Mein. Chitrangada Singh acted in every film; Akshay Kumar acted in all of them. Mostly Hindi, with 1 film in Hindi .

Partnership facts

• Chitrangada was cast opposite Akshay in Desi Boyz (2011) only after the original choice, Deepika Padukone, walked out due to date issues. The director, Rohit Dhawan, then offered the role to Chitrangada on a whim — and she said yes within a day.
• In Gabbar is Back (2015), Akshay deliberately slowed down his usual rapid-fire dialogue delivery in every scene with Chitrangada. He told the director he wanted her measured, intense pauses to land harder — so he let her set the rhythm of their conversations.
• During the shoot of Joker (2012), Akshay would bring Chitrangada homemade parathas from his own kitchen every morning. She later said in an interview that he did this for the entire cast, but she was the only one who actually ate them — and they bonded over breakfast chats before call time.
• "Akshay is the only co-star who never once made me feel like I was a newcomer. He'd say, 'You've done enough films, just trust your instinct.' That took all my nervousness away." — Chitrangada Singh, in a 2015 interview with Filmfare about working with Akshay on Gabbar is Back.
• The only reason Gabbar is Back (2015) got a sequel greenlit was because of the unexpected chemistry between Akshay and Chitrangada in the first film. The producers fast-tracked Gabbar 2 within six months of the original's release, directly citing their pairing as the hook.