Naseeruddin Shah & Rajpal Yadav Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Naseeruddin Shah and Rajpal Yadav appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 2005 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh (2005 — 6.5/10). Films span Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh (2005) through Welcome Back (2015).
The Naseeruddin Shah & Rajpal Yadav partnership
From Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh (2005) to Welcome Back (2015). It started with Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh (2005).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh; the 2010s to Welcome Back. Naseeruddin Shah acted in every film; Rajpal Yadav acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.7/10.
- Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh
- Paheli
- Welcome Back
- Dirty Politics
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 10 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, Naseeruddin Shah had 91 films behind them; Rajpal Yadav had 21.
Before Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh, Naseeruddin Shah had starred in 91 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Sparsh (1980).
After Welcome Back, Naseeruddin Shah went on to appear in 24 more films, including Badla (2019) and The Tashkent Files (2019).
Before Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh, Rajpal Yadav had starred in 21 films, including Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004) and Hungama (2003).
After Welcome Back, Rajpal Yadav went on to appear in 37 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Chandu Champion (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Naseeruddin Shah & Rajpal Yadav's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Om Puri is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Om Puri appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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