Salman Khan & Sooraj R. Barjatya Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Salman Khan and Sooraj R. Barjatya appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1989 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015 — 6.0/10). Films span Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) through Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015).
The Salman Khan & Sooraj R. Barjatya partnership
After 16 years apart, they came back together for Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015). They didn't share a set between 1999 and 2015. They saved their best for last — Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (6.0/10) came 26 years in.
Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. From Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Maine Pyar Kiya; the 2010s to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. Salman Khan acted in every film; Sooraj R. Barjatya directed all of them. Mostly Hindi, with 1 film in Hindi .
Partnership facts
- Sooraj Barjatya was just 23 when he cast Salman Khan in Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). Salman was a nobody then — his only credit was a flop cameo. Barjatya saw him at a party and decided on the spot. That film made both of them stars overnight.
- Barjatya wrote every single one of these films with Salman in mind. He didn't adapt scripts for him — he built the character 'Prem' from scratch around Salman's real-life energy: goofy, loud, but deeply sincere. Salman never improvised in these films; he stuck to Barjatya's dialogue book word-for-word.
- Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) ran for over 100 weeks in some theatres and changed how Bollywood made family films. Before it, no one thought a movie with zero violence, zero villains, and a wedding as the climax could be a blockbuster. After it, every studio wanted a 'family entertainer' with a big fat wedding.
- Salman Khan calls Sooraj Barjatya 'Bhai' (brother) off-screen. They have a standing rule: no matter how busy, they meet every Diwali. When Salman was in jail in 2018, Barjatya was one of the first people to visit him. Their families have been close for over three decades.
- Salman Khan once said: 'Sooraj is the only director who can make me cry on set. He knows my buttons. He knows exactly which line will break me.' He said this during the promotion of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015).
4 films across 3 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.6/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.0/10.
- Maine Pyar Kiya
- Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
- Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United
- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 26 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
80% of Sooraj R. Barjatya's screen credits are with Salman Khan. After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Salman Khan kept going for 19 more films; Sooraj R. Barjatya stepped back.
Before Maine Pyar Kiya, Salman Khan had starred in 1 film, including Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988).
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Salman Khan went on to appear in 19 more films, including The B****di (2025) and Sultan (2016).
Maine Pyar Kiya was Sooraj R. Barjatya's directorial debut.
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sooraj R. Barjatya went on to direct 1 more film, including Uunchai (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Salman Khan & Sooraj R. Barjatya's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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