Amitabh Bachchan & Akshay Kumar Movies Together List — 9 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 1990s belonged to Aankhen; the 2010s to Padman. Amitabh Bachchan acted in every film; Akshay Kumar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Akshay Kumar was a junior artist on the set of Aankhen (1993) before he became a star. Amitabh Bachchan noticed him and later recommended him for bigger roles. That film was their first together.
• In Khakee (2004), Amitabh played a by-the-book cop and Akshay played a reckless street-smart officer. Director Rajkumar Santoshi said they deliberately kept their acting styles opposite — Amitabh's stillness made Akshay's energy pop, and vice versa.
• Amitabh Bachchan personally called Akshay Kumar to thank him after Padman (2018) became a hit. Akshay later said that call meant more to him than the box office numbers.
• "He is the only actor who can make me nervous on set. I have to be on my toes because he never gives a bad take." — Akshay Kumar on Amitabh Bachchan, during the promotion of Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005).
• Their pairing in Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001) was one of the first Bollywood films to center a father-son conflict in a modern corporate setting. It directly inspired the family drama template that later films like Baghban (2003) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) followed.
• In Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005), Amitabh's character was a strict father who never showed emotion. Akshay's character was the son trying to earn his love. The director revealed that Amitabh deliberately stayed aloof between takes to keep Akshay's performance raw and frustrated — exactly what the scene needed.