Katrina Kaif & Amitabh Bachchan Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Katrina Kaif and Amitabh Bachchan appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 2003 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Sarkar (2005 — 7.2/10). Films span Boom (2003) through Thugs Of Hindostan (2018).
The Katrina Kaif & Amitabh Bachchan partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Bombay Talkies (2013). They didn't share a set between 2005 and 2013. From Boom (2003) to Thugs Of Hindostan (2018).
Sarkar is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Boom (2003).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Sarkar; the 2010s to Bombay Talkies. Katrina Kaif acted in every film; Amitabh Bachchan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Katrina Kaif was barely 19 and had zero Hindi film experience when Amitabh Bachchan personally okayed her for Boom (2003). The director Kaizad Gustad had to convince Big B that this unknown model could hold her own opposite him.
- In Sarkar (2005), Amitabh played the silent, intimidating patriarch. Katrina played his daughter-in-law. Their only real scene together is a tense family dinner — she barely speaks, but he watches her like a hawk. That silence became the whole power of their pairing.
- On the sets of Boom, Amitabh would quiz Katrina about her English and her reading habits. She later said he was the first person in Bollywood who treated her like a student, not a starlet — and that he gave her a list of books to read before their next film.
- Katrina on Amitabh after Sarkar: 'He doesn't need to say a word. You just feel his presence. I learned that acting is not about dialogue — it's about what you do when you're not speaking.'
- Thugs Of Hindostan (2018) was a massive hit despite a 4.9 IMDb rating. It made over ₹300 crore worldwide. That film exists only because Katrina and Amitabh agreed to reunite after 13 years — the producers built the entire project around getting these two back on screen together.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2000s brought 2 films together, anchored by Sarkar (7.2/10).
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
- Sarkar
- Boom0
- Bombay Talkies
- Thugs Of Hindostan
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 15 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Katrina Kaif's screen credits are with Amitabh Bachchan. When they first worked together, Katrina Kaif had 0 films behind them; Amitabh Bachchan had 72.
Boom was Katrina Kaif's acting debut.
After Thugs Of Hindostan, Katrina Kaif went on to appear in 7 more films, including 83 (2021) and Merry Christmas (2024).
Before Boom, Amitabh Bachchan had starred in 72 films, including Gol Maal (1979) and Shakti (1982).
After Thugs Of Hindostan, Amitabh Bachchan went on to appear in 21 more films, including Badla (2019) and Goodbye (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Katrina Kaif & Amitabh Bachchan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Jackie Shroff is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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