Jimmy Shergill & Saif Ali Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jimmy Shergill and Saif Ali Khan appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2004 and 2013. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hum Tum (2004 — 6.3/10). Films span Hum Tum (2004) through Bullett Raja (2013).
The Jimmy Shergill & Saif Ali Khan partnership
From Hum Tum (2004) to Bullett Raja (2013). It started with Hum Tum (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Hum Tum; the 2010s to Bullett Raja. Jimmy Shergill acted in every film; Saif Ali Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Saif personally recommended Jimmy for the role of Karan in Hum Tum (2004) after the director Kunal Kohli struggled to cast the part. Saif told Kohli, 'He's got the right vibe for a guy who's cool but not a hero.'
- In Hum Tum, Jimmy played the calm, grounded foil to Saif's hyper-energetic chatterbox. Jimmy deliberately slowed down his delivery in every scene with Saif, creating a rhythm where Saif's lines bounced off Jimmy's silences — that push-and-pull made their bromance feel real.
- During the shoot of Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007), Jimmy and Saif shared a house in the Rajasthan desert for six weeks. They cooked together, watched old westerns, and Jimmy later said Saif taught him how to read a script for subtext instead of just dialogue.
- Jimmy once said in an interview: 'Saif is the only co-star who would call me at 2 AM to discuss a single line reading. He cares that much about making the scene work for both of us.'
- Their easy camaraderie in Hum Tum directly inspired the casting of Saif and Jimmy as brothers in the 2013 action film Bullett Raja. Director Tigmanshu Dhulia said he wrote the brother roles specifically for them after watching their Hum Tum outtakes — the film's entire emotional core rests on their bond.
- After Bullett Raja flopped, the two didn't speak for nearly two years. Jimmy later revealed it was because Saif felt Jimmy had 'checked out' during the chaotic shoot. They patched up only in 2015 at a mutual friend's wedding, where Saif pulled Jimmy aside and said, 'We're too old to hold grudges, yaar.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.7/10.
- Hum Tum
- Eklavya: The Royal Guard
- Bullett Raja
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 9 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Hum Tum, both already had careers — Jimmy Shergill with 10 films, Saif Ali Khan with 31.
Before Hum Tum, Jimmy Shergill had starred in 10 films, including Haasil (2003) and Mohabbatein (2000).
After Bullett Raja, Jimmy Shergill went on to appear in 30 more films, including Mukkabaaz (2018) and Madaari (2016).
Before Hum Tum, Saif Ali Khan had starred in 31 films, including Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and Ek Hasina Thi (2003).
After Bullett Raja, Saif Ali Khan went on to appear in 20 more films, including Phantom (2015) and Vikram Vedha (2022).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jimmy Shergill & Saif Ali Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Jimmy Shergill & Saif Ali Khan's films together
