Vidya Balan & Emraan Hashmi Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2011 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was The Dirty Picture (2011 — 6.9/10). Films span The Dirty Picture (2011) through Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015).
The Vidya Balan & Emraan Hashmi partnership
From The Dirty Picture (2011) to Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015). It started with The Dirty Picture (2011).
The shape of the work
Vidya Balan acted in every film; Emraan Hashmi acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Emraan Hashmi was not the first choice for The Dirty Picture. The role of Abraham was originally offered to someone else. Vidya Balan personally pushed for Emraan, telling the director he had the right 'sleazy charm' for the part.
- On the sets of Ghanchakkar, Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi deliberately avoided rehearsing their comic scenes together. They wanted the awkwardness of two strangers forced into a heist to feel real on screen. The director said their 'off-beat rhythm' made the comedy land.
- The Dirty Picture directly inspired the 2017 Tamil film 'Meyaadha Maan' — its director said he wrote the male lead specifically as a 'Emraan Hashmi type' after watching his chemistry with Vidya in that film.
- During the disastrous Hamari Adhuri Kahani shoot, Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi would take breaks to play carrom in her vanity van. Emraan later said those games were the only thing that kept them sane while the film was falling apart.
- Emraan Hashmi on Vidya Balan after The Dirty Picture: 'She doesn't act. She becomes the character. I was just trying to keep up. She made me a better actor in that film.'
3 films across 1 decade
- The Dirty Picture
- Ghanchakkar
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of The Dirty Picture, both already had careers — Vidya Balan with 11 films, Emraan Hashmi with 21.
Before The Dirty Picture, Vidya Balan had starred in 11 films, including Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) and Guru (2007).
After Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Vidya Balan went on to appear in 12 more films, including Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) and Tumhari Sulu (2017).
Before The Dirty Picture, Emraan Hashmi had starred in 21 films, including Awarapan (2007) and Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010).
After Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Emraan Hashmi went on to appear in 17 more films, including 55 (2025) and Haq (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vidya Balan & Emraan Hashmi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Vidya Balan & Emraan Hashmi's films together
