Preity Zinta & Farhan Akhtar Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-14 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Preity Zinta and Farhan Akhtar appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 2001 and 2004. Their highest-rated collaboration was Lakshya (2004 — 6.9/10). Films span Dil Chahta Hai (2001) through Lakshya (2004).
The Preity Zinta & Farhan Akhtar partnership
From Dil Chahta Hai (2001) to Lakshya (2004). The ran closed with Lakshya in 2004. It started with Dil Chahta Hai (2001).
The shape of the work
Preity Zinta acted in every film; Farhan Akhtar directed all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Lakshya
- Dil Chahta Hai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 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
Before Dil Chahta Hai, Preity Zinta had starred in 9 films, including Mission Kashmir (2000) and Dil Se.. (1998).
After Lakshya, Preity Zinta went on to appear in 16 more films, including Salaam Namaste (2005) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).
Dil Chahta Hai was Farhan Akhtar's directorial debut.
After Lakshya, Farhan Akhtar went on to direct 26 more films, including Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and The Sky Is Pink (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Preity Zinta & Farhan Akhtar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aamir Khan is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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