Rajkummar Rao & Karan Kulkarni Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajkummar Rao and Karan Kulkarni appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 2013 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Shahid (2013 — 7.7/10). Films span Shahid (2013) through Aligarh (2016).
The Rajkummar Rao & Karan Kulkarni partnership
From Shahid (2013) to Aligarh (2016). Shahid is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Shahid (2013).
The shape of the work
Rajkummar Rao acted in every film; Karan Kulkarni scored all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Shahid
- Aligarh
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Aligarh, Rajkummar Rao kept going for 27 more films; Karan Kulkarni stepped back.
Before Shahid, Rajkummar Rao had starred in 5 films, including Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 (2012) and Chittagong (2012).
After Aligarh, Rajkummar Rao went on to appear in 27 more films, including Srikanth (2024) and Newton (2017).
Shahid was Karan Kulkarni's acting debut.
After Aligarh, Karan Kulkarni went on to appear in 5 more films, including Sukhee (2023) and Patna Shuklla (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajkummar Rao & Karan Kulkarni's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Baljinder Kaur is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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