Farhan Akhtar & Purab Kohli Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Farhan Akhtar and Purab Kohli appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2008 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014 — 5.7/10). Films span Rock On!! (2008) through Rock On!! 2 (2016).
The Farhan Akhtar & Purab Kohli partnership
From Rock On!! (2008) to Rock On!! 2 (2016). It started with Rock On!! (2008).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Rock On!!; the 2010s to Shaadi Ke Side Effects. Farhan Akhtar acted in every film; Purab Kohli acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 1 film.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.6/10.
- Rock On!!0
- Shaadi Ke Side Effects
- Rock On!! 2
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
Before Rock On!!, Farhan Akhtar had starred in 4 films, including Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) and Lakshya (2004).
After Rock On!! 2, Farhan Akhtar went on to appear in 12 more films, including The Sky Is Pink (2019) and Superboys of Malegaon (2025).
Before Rock On!!, Purab Kohli had starred in 7 films, including My Brother Nikhil (2005) and Bas Ek Pal (2006).
After Rock On!! 2, Purab Kohli went on to appear in 4 more films, including Blind (2023) and The Great Shamsuddin Family (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Farhan Akhtar & Purab Kohli's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Arjun Rampal is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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