Amitabh Bachchan & Arjun Rampal Movies Together List — 7 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Aankhen; the 2010s to Satyagraha. Amitabh Bachchan acted in every film; Arjun Rampal acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Amitabh Bachchan personally recommended Arjun Rampal for the role of his son in Aankhen (1993) after seeing him in a music video. That film was Arjun's debut.
• On the set of Ek Ajnabee (2005), Amitabh would deliberately slow down his dialogue delivery to match Arjun's natural rhythm. Arjun later said that gesture taught him how a senior actor can 'give' a scene to a co-star.
• Arjun Rampal has said that Amitabh Bachchan is the only co-star who would call him at 6 AM to discuss a scene they were shooting later that day. They did this for every film they worked on together.
• Arjun Rampal once said: 'With Mr. Bachchan, I never felt like I was acting. He made me forget the camera. That's a gift only he can give.'
• Their pairing in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) — where Amitabh played Arjun's father — directly inspired Karan Johar to cast them again as father-son in a never-made project called 'Takht'.
• In The Last Lear (2008), Amitabh insisted that Arjun rehearse the climactic monologue with him 14 times before the camera rolled. Arjun later admitted that the scene ended up being the best take because Amitabh kept pushing him to find a new emotion each time.