Salman Khan & Saif Ali Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 1991 and 1999. Their highest-rated collaboration was Biwi No.1 (1999 — 5.8/10). Films span Kurbaan (1991) through Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999).
The Salman Khan & Saif Ali Khan partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Biwi No.1 (1999). They didn't share a set between 1991 and 1999. From Kurbaan (1991) to Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999).
The played out closed with Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United in 1999. It started with Kurbaan (1991).
The shape of the work
Salman Khan acted in every film; Saif Ali Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Salman Khan personally recommended Saif Ali Khan for the role of his younger brother in 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain'. The director Sooraj Barjatya was initially unsure about casting Saif, but Salman insisted.
- In 'Biwi No.1', Salman played the loud, brash husband while Saif played the slick, sarcastic best friend. Their comedy worked because Salman set the bombastic energy and Saif undercut it with deadpan one-liners — a rhythm they never repeated in any other film.
- During the shoot of 'Kurbaan' (1991), Salman and Saif shared a vanity van because the budget was too tight for separate ones. Saif later said they spent hours listening to cassettes and arguing about which action hero was cooler — a bonding ritual that started their friendship.
- Saif Ali Khan said about Salman: 'He’s the only co-star who would drag me to the gym at 5 AM before a shoot. I hated it, but it made us look like actual brothers on screen.'
- Because of their brotherly chemistry in 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain', the film's family-vs-modernity theme became a template for a dozen multi-starrer family dramas in the early 2000s — including 'Yeh Mohabbat Hai' and 'Mujhse Dosti Karoge'.
3 films across 1 decade
- Biwi No.1
- Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United, Salman Khan kept going for 70 more films; Saif Ali Khan stepped back.
Before Kurbaan, Salman Khan had starred in 4 films, including Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988) and Maine Pyar Kiya (1989).
After Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United, Salman Khan went on to appear in 70 more films, including The B****di (2025) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015).
Kurbaan was Saif Ali Khan's acting debut.
After Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United, Saif Ali Khan went on to appear in 50 more films, including Phantom (2015) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Salman Khan & Saif Ali Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Karisma Kapoor is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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