Akshay Kumar & Anees Bazmee Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-13 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Akshay Kumar and Anees Bazmee appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 2004 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Welcome (2007 — 6.8/10). Films span Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) through Thank You (2011).
The Akshay Kumar & Anees Bazmee partnership
From Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) to Thank You (2011). It started with Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Welcome; the 2010s to Thank You. Never on the same side of the camera — Akshay Kumar actor, Anees Bazmee director, across all 4 films. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Anees Bazmee didn't want Akshay for 'Welcome' initially. He thought Akshay was too much of an action hero for the comic role of Rajiv. Akshay convinced him by doing a full impromptu comedy scene right in Bazmee's office during their first meeting.
- On 'Singh Is Kinng' sets, Akshay would deliberately mess up his lines to make Bazmee laugh. The director loved it so much that he started writing extra gibberish Punjabi dialogues just for Akshay to improvise. That's how the 'Happy Happy' song's nonsense lyrics were born.
- Their 'Welcome' pairing directly launched the 'comedy mafia don' trope in Bollywood. Every single film that followed with a goofy gangster — from 'Dhamaal' to 'Hungama 2' — is walking in the shadow of Uday Shetty and his 'Welcome' crew. Bazmee and Akshay accidentally created a sub-genre.
- Akshay and Bazmee have a standing rule: no script readings before the shoot. They believe over-rehearsing kills the spontaneity. On 'Thank You', they'd meet 10 minutes before a scene, Bazmee would whisper the gist, and Akshay would just go with it. The crew called it 'the chaos method'.
- "Akshay is the only actor who can make me laugh while I'm directing him. He'll do something stupid, and I'll forget to say 'cut' because I'm busy laughing." — Anees Bazmee, during the 'Thank You' promotions.
4 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 3 films, averaging 6.6/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.4/10.
- Welcome
- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
- Thank You
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 7 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, Akshay Kumar had 52 films behind them; Anees Bazmee had 5. After Thank You, Akshay Kumar kept going for 55 more films; Anees Bazmee stepped back.
Before Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Akshay Kumar had starred in 52 films, including Hera Pheri (2000) and Khiladi (1992).
After Thank You, Akshay Kumar went on to appear in 55 more films, including Gabbar is Back (2015) and Gabbar is Back (2015).
Before Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Anees Bazmee had directed 5 films, including Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998) and Deewangee (2002).
After Thank You, Anees Bazmee went on to direct 7 more films, including Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) and Mubarakan (2017).
Collaboration Journey
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