Naseeruddin Shah & Ratna Pathak Shah Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 2005 and 2008. Their highest-rated collaboration was Paheli (2005 — 6.2/10). Films span Paheli (2005) through Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008).
The Naseeruddin Shah & Ratna Pathak Shah partnership
From Paheli (2005) to Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008). It started with Paheli (2005).
The shape of the work
Naseeruddin Shah acted in every film; Ratna Pathak Shah acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Paheli
- Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na0
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
When they first worked together, Naseeruddin Shah had 91 films behind them; Ratna Pathak Shah had 0. After Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Naseeruddin Shah kept going for 49 more films; Ratna Pathak Shah stepped back.
Before Paheli, Naseeruddin Shah had starred in 91 films, including Aakrosh (1980) and Sparsh (1980).
After Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Naseeruddin Shah went on to appear in 49 more films, including Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Badla (2019).
Paheli was Ratna Pathak Shah's acting debut.
After Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, Ratna Pathak Shah went on to appear in 11 more films, including Nil Battey Sannata (2016) and Kapoor & Sons (2016).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Naseeruddin Shah & Ratna Pathak Shah's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
A.K. Hangal is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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