Riteish Deshmukh & Zayed Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Riteish Deshmukh and Zayed Khan appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2006 and 2011. Their highest-rated collaboration was Fight Club Members Only (2006 — 5.4/10). Films span Fight Club Members Only (2006) through Love Breakups Zindagi (2011).
The Riteish Deshmukh & Zayed Khan partnership
From Fight Club Members Only (2006) to Love Breakups Zindagi (2011). It started with Fight Club Members Only (2006).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Fight Club Members Only; the 2010s to Love Breakups Zindagi. Riteish Deshmukh acted in every film; Zayed Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Zayed Khan was the one who got Riteish Deshmukh into 'Fight Club: Members Only'. The director Soham Shah had already locked Zayed, and Zayed personally pushed for Riteish to play the lead role of Somil.
- On the sets of 'Cash', Riteish and Zayed would constantly improvise their comic timing. Riteish later said Zayed's energy made him loosen up — Zayed would deliberately flub lines to make Riteish crack up, and the director kept those takes.
- Their pairing in 'Fight Club: Members Only' directly led to the casting of both actors in the ensemble of 'Cash'. The producer of 'Cash' saw their buddy chemistry in the rushes of 'Fight Club' and greenlit them as a duo.
- Riteish and Zayed became close friends during 'Fight Club' and stayed in touch even after their films flopped. Zayed once crashed at Riteish's house for a week when his own place was being renovated — no one in the media knew.
- Riteish said about Zayed: 'He’s the only co-star who can make me laugh so hard that the director has to call cut. We ruined at least three takes a day on Cash.'
3 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.4/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.9/10.
- Fight Club Members Only
- Cash0
- Love Breakups Zindagi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Love Breakups Zindagi, Riteish Deshmukh kept going for 28 more films; Zayed Khan stepped back.
Before Fight Club Members Only, Riteish Deshmukh had starred in 8 films, including Bluffmaster (2005) and Bardaasht (2004).
After Love Breakups Zindagi, Riteish Deshmukh went on to appear in 28 more films, including Visfot (2024) and Raid 2 (2025).
Before Fight Club Members Only, Zayed Khan had starred in 6 films, including Main Hoon Na (2004) and Shabd (2005).
After Love Breakups Zindagi, Zayed Khan went on to appear in 2 more films, including Tezz (2012) and Desi Magic (2015).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Riteish Deshmukh & Zayed Khan's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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