Mir Sarwar & Akshay Kumar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Mir Sarwar and Akshay Kumar appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2016 and 2019. Their highest-rated collaboration was Jolly LLB 2 (2017 — 7.3/10). Films span Dishoom (2016) through Kesari (2019).
The Mir Sarwar & Akshay Kumar partnership
From Dishoom (2016) to Kesari (2019). Jolly LLB 2 is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Dishoom (2016).
The shape of the work
Mir Sarwar acted in every film; Akshay Kumar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mir Sarwar was cast in 'Jolly LLB 2' because Akshay Kumar personally vouched for him after seeing his work in a small indie film. The director Subhash Kapoor had never heard of Sarwar before.
- In 'Kesari', Akshay Kumar insisted Mir Sarwar play the Afghan commander with no makeup or prosthetics. Sarwar's raw, unglamorous face made Kumar's character look more vulnerable in their face-off scenes.
- After 'Dishoom' flopped, Akshay Kumar called Mir Sarwar personally to say he still believed in him and asked him to stay in touch. That call led to Sarwar being cast in 'Jolly LLB 2' and 'Kesari'.
- Mir Sarwar said about Akshay Kumar: 'He doesn't treat you like a supporting actor. On the set of 'Kesari', he would rehearse with me for hours even though my scenes were just two pages long.'
- Because of their three-film collaboration, Mir Sarwar became the go-to actor for negative roles in Akshay Kumar's production house. He later appeared in 'Sooryavanshi' and 'Samrat Prithviraj' — both produced by Kumar.
3 films across 1 decade
- Jolly LLB 2
- Kesari
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 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, Mir Sarwar had 2 films behind them; Akshay Kumar had 110.
Before Dishoom, Mir Sarwar had starred in 2 films, including Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Phantom (2015).
After Kesari, Mir Sarwar went on to appear in 12 more films, including Akshardham: Operation Vajra Shakti (2025) and Shershaah (2021).
Before Dishoom, Akshay Kumar had starred in 110 films, including Gabbar is Back (2015) and Gabbar is Back (2015).
After Kesari, Akshay Kumar went on to appear in 22 more films, including Sarfira (2024) and OMG 2 (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Mir Sarwar & Akshay Kumar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Parineeti Chopra is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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