Anushka Sharma & Rajkumar Hirani Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Anushka Sharma acted in every film; Rajkumar Hirani directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Hirani cast Anushka in PK after seeing her in Band Baaja Baaraat. She was the only actor he auditioned for the role — no backup plan.
• On the sets of PK, Hirani let Anushka improvise her lines in the alien-language scenes. She made up gibberish on the spot, and he kept it in the final cut.
• Anushka was the one who pushed Hirani to make a film on Sanjay Dutt. She read the early script and told him, 'You have to direct this, not just produce it.'
• Hirani said about Anushka: 'She is the only actor who has seen every single cut of Sanju. She would call me at 2 AM and say, 'This scene needs a pause here.' I trusted her instincts more than my own.'
• Because of their Sanju collaboration, Hirani launched Anushka's production house's first film — Phillauri (2017). He co-wrote the story and gave her the confidence to produce it.