Naseeruddin Shah & Ajay Devgan Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Naajayaz; the 2010s to Raajneeti. Naseeruddin Shah acted in every film; Ajay Devgan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Ajay Devgn was just 26 when he starred opposite Naseeruddin Shah in Naajayaz (1995). Naseer later admitted he was skeptical about working with such a young star, but Ajay's intensity in their first scene together changed his mind instantly.
• In Omkara (2006), Naseeruddin Shah played the scheming politician Bhaisaab. He deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery in scenes with Ajay's Omkara to make Ajay's explosive outbursts land harder. Ajay later said Naseer's rhythm forced him to raise his own game.
• During the shoot of Raajneeti (2010), Naseeruddin Shah and Ajay Devgn would share a smoke break between takes. Naseer once told a crew member that Ajay was the only co-star who never asked him for acting advice — they just talked about cricket and cars.
• Their pairing in Naajayaz (1995) directly led to the casting of Ajay Devgn in Zakhm (1998). Director Mahesh Bhatt saw their father-son dynamic on set and decided Ajay had the gravitas to carry a film about a son confronting his father's past.
• Naseeruddin Shah on Ajay Devgn: 'He has the stillness of a predator. In Omkara, I'd watch him from across the set and think — this man doesn't need to act. He just needs to stand there.' Said in a 2007 Filmfare interview.
• In Sar Utha Ke Jiyo (1998), a film that bombed hard, Naseer and Ajay played estranged father and son. The only scene that critics praised was a 3-minute confrontation where neither actor blinked. They shot it in one take because the director was too intimidated to call cut.