Arshad Warsi & Vijay Raaz Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Dhamaal; the 2010s to Dedh Ishqiya. Arshad Warsi acted in every film; Vijay Raaz acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Arshad Warsi personally recommended Vijay Raaz for the role of the corrupt cop in 'Ek Se Bure Do' (2009). The director was initially hesitant, but Arshad insisted that only Vijay could pull off that specific brand of deadpan sleaze.
• In 'Dedh Ishqiya' (2014), Arshad and Vijay played off each other like a comedy duo where one is the straight man and the other is the chaos agent. Arshad set the rhythm with his fast, twitchy energy; Vijay slowed everything down with his deliberate pauses. The scene where they try to out-scheme each other over a dinner table was entirely improvised between the two takes.
• During the shoot of 'Mr Joe B. Carvalho' (2014), the two actors shared a hotel room for three weeks because the budget was too tight for separate rooms. They spent nights rewriting their own dialogues together, trying to salvage a script they both knew was weak.
• Vijay Raaz once said in an interview: 'Arshad is the only actor who can make me laugh even when the camera is rolling. He'll do something stupid, and I'll break character. We ruined so many takes because of that.'
• The only film that worked critically for this pair — 'Dedh Ishqiya' (2014) — directly led to Vijay Raaz being cast in a major supporting role in 'Masaan' (2015). The director of 'Masaan' saw their chemistry and specifically wanted Vijay for that film's comic-relief-turned-tragic character.