Sanjay Mishra & Rakesh Bedi Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-19 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Sanjay Mishra and Rakesh Bedi appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 2011 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015 — 6.0/10). Films span Naughty @ 40 (2011) through Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015).
The Sanjay Mishra & Rakesh Bedi partnership
Between 2011 and 2015, they barely worked apart — 4 films in 4 years. 2015 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 4 years, a Sanjay–Rakesh film arrived almost every year.
They saved their best for last — Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (6.0/10) came 4 years in. From Naughty @ 40 (2011) to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015).
The shape of the work
Sanjay Mishra acted in every film; Rakesh Bedi acted in all of them. Mostly Hindi, with 1 film in Hindi .
Partnership facts
- In 'Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq' (2015), Bedi played the comic sidekick to Mishra's lead — but on set, Bedi kept rewriting his own lines to make Mishra break character. Mishra later said Bedi's improvisations forced him to stay sharper than he'd planned.
- Mishra and Bedi had never shared a frame before 2015, but they shot three films back-to-back that year. Between takes, they'd trade stories about working with the same old guard — Bedi from the '80s comedy circuit, Mishra from the '90s character-actor wave — and realized they'd both been rejected for the same role years earlier.
- The pairing for 'Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat' (2015) happened because the director needed two actors who could do physical comedy without ego. Bedi suggested Mishra after seeing him in 'Ankhon Dekhi' (2014). Mishra agreed only if Bedi would co-write his own scenes — a deal Bedi had never been offered before.
- Their only big-budget collaboration, 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' (2015), was also the only time either actor worked with Sooraj Barjatya. Bedi later joked that they spent most of the shoot in the same makeup van, trying to figure out how to make their small roles memorable in a film full of stars — and failing.
- Mishra on Bedi, during a 2016 interview: 'Rakesh bhai doesn't act with you — he acts at you. You have to duck and then throw something back. That's why we did three films in one year. I wanted to see if I could keep up.'
4 films across 1 decade
- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
- Naughty @ 40
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 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
When they first worked together, Sanjay Mishra had 25 films behind them; Rakesh Bedi had 64. After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sanjay Mishra kept going for 53 more films; Rakesh Bedi stepped back.
Before Naughty @ 40, Sanjay Mishra had starred in 25 films, including Phas Gaye Re Obama (2010) and Dhamaal (2007).
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Sanjay Mishra went on to appear in 53 more films, including Guthlee Ladoo (2022) and Shor Se Shuruaat (2016).
Before Naughty @ 40, Rakesh Bedi had starred in 64 films, including Chashme Buddoor (1981) and Saath Saath (1982).
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Rakesh Bedi went on to appear in 13 more films, including Mushaira (2023) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Sanjay Mishra & Rakesh Bedi's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Anupam Kher is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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