Arbaaz Khan & Sohail Khan Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya; the 2010s to Freaky Ali. Sohail Khan director in some, actor in others. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Arbaaz and Sohail didn't plan to act together. Their first film 'Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya' (1998) happened because Salman Khan was already cast as the lead. The director, Sohail's debut, needed a villain. Arbaaz stepped in, and the brothers ended up facing each other on screen for the first time.
• In 'Hello Brother' (1999), Arbaaz played the villain while Sohail was the hero. But here's the twist: Arbaaz's character actually dies early, then returns as a ghost. Sohail's character has to share his body with Arbaaz's ghost. So for half the film, they're literally playing the same person — swapping control of Sohail's body. That's the only time in Hindi cinema where two real-life brothers played one character together.
• On the sets of 'Hello Brother', Arbaaz and Sohail had a running bet: whoever flubbed a dialogue first had to buy dinner for the entire crew. Sohail lost the first day. Arbaaz lost the next three. By the end of the shoot, they'd fed the unit so many times that the caterer complained about lost business.
• Their 2009 film 'Kisaan' was the only time both brothers played farmers on screen. It directly inspired a real-life charity drive: after the film's release, Arbaaz and Sohail jointly donated 50 acres of their family land in Maharashtra to set up a vocational training center for local farmers' children.
• Arbaaz once said about working with Sohail: 'He's the only co-star who can yell at me in the middle of a scene and I won't take it personally. Because I know he's going to buy me biryani after the shot.' He said this in a 2016 interview promoting 'Freaky Ali'.
• In 'Freaky Ali' (2016), their last film together, Arbaaz played a gangster and Sohail played a golf caddie. The director said the brothers had a unique shorthand: they'd improvise entire scenes without telling anyone. In one scene, Arbaaz suddenly started speaking in a fake South Indian accent. Sohail didn't break character — he responded in the same accent, even though it wasn't in the script. That take made the final cut.