Amitabh Bachchan & Mahesh Manjrekar Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Amitabh Bachchan and Mahesh Manjrekar appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2002 and 2010. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005 — 6.7/10). Films span Kaante (2002) through Teen Patti (2010).
The Amitabh Bachchan & Mahesh Manjrekar partnership
From Kaante (2002) to Teen Patti (2010). It started with Kaante (2002).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Viruddh... Family Comes First; the 2010s to Teen Patti. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Mahesh Manjrekar was a Marathi actor-director with zero Hindi film hits when Amitabh Bachchan agreed to star in his directorial debut 'Viruddh... Family Comes First' (2005). Bachchan saw Manjrekar's Marathi film 'Astitva' and called him personally to say yes.
- On the set of 'Kaante' (2002), Manjrekar played a cop chasing Bachchan's character. But off-camera, Manjrekar kept rewriting his own lines to match Bachchan's baritone rhythm — he later admitted he was 'trying to keep up' with Bachchan's delivery.
- Because of their bond on 'Viruddh', Manjrekar convinced Bachchan to appear in a Marathi film for the first time ever — 'Aga Bai Arrecha!' (2004). That cameo opened the door for other Bollywood stars to do Marathi cinema.
- During 'Teen Patti' (2010), Manjrekar would bring homemade Maharashtrian snacks to Bachchan's vanity van every morning. Bachchan later wrote in his blog that Manjrekar 'fed me like a mother' during that grueling shoot.
- Manjrekar once said: 'Working with Mr. Bachchan is like playing tennis with a wall — the ball always comes back harder. You have to raise your game or get hit.' He said this during the promotion of 'Viruddh'.
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.0/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
- Viruddh... Family Comes First
- Kaante
- Teen Patti
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 8 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Amitabh Bachchan had 69 films behind them; Mahesh Manjrekar had 7.
Before Kaante, Amitabh Bachchan had starred in 69 films, including Gol Maal (1979) and Shakti (1982).
After Teen Patti, Amitabh Bachchan went on to appear in 42 more films, including Pink (2016) and English Vinglish (2012).
Before Kaante, Mahesh Manjrekar had starred in 7 films, including Vaastav: The Reality (1999) and Kurukshetra (2000).
After Teen Patti, Mahesh Manjrekar went on to appear in 29 more films, including Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Oh My God (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Amitabh Bachchan & Mahesh Manjrekar's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Sanjay Dutt is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 3 films.
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