Akshay Kumar & Arjun Rampal Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

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

Partnership facts

• Akshay was a virtual unknown when he signed Aankhen (1993). Arjun was a model with zero film experience. The director, David Dhawan, cast them together specifically because he wanted two fresh faces who looked like they could actually be brothers — no star baggage, just raw energy.
• In Aankhen, Akshay played the loud, impulsive younger brother. Arjun played the calm, brooding elder one. That dynamic flipped completely in Housefull (2010) — Arjun was the goofy, desperate husband and Akshay was the straight man. They swapped roles like a switch, and it worked both times.
• After Aankhen and Elaan flopped back-to-back, both actors went quiet for years. They didn't work together again for 16 years. When Housefull finally reunited them, Arjun later admitted in an interview that they barely spoke on set — not out of bad blood, but because both were in very different phases of their careers and lives.
• Arjun Rampal once said about Akshay: 'He was the one who taught me how to take a punch on screen. In Aankhen, I had to slap him, and I was too gentle. He said, 'Yaar, maar ke dikha, main sambhal lunga.' That was my first lesson in action.'
• Housefull (2010) was the film that launched the 'multi-starrer comedy franchise' trend in the 2010s. Akshay and Arjun's pairing as bickering brothers-in-law set the template for every chaotic family comedy that followed — including the Housefull sequels and films like Happy New Year.