John Abraham & Mahesh Manjrekar Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-02 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
John Abraham and Mahesh Manjrekar appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 2005 and 2021. Their highest-rated collaboration was Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005 — 6.7/10). Films span Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005) through Mumbai Saga (2021).
The John Abraham & Mahesh Manjrekar partnership
After 8 years apart, they came back together for Mumbai Saga (2021). Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema. They didn't share a set between 2013 and 2021.
From Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005) to Mumbai Saga (2021). It started with Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Viruddh... Family Comes First; the 2020s to Mumbai Saga. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
4 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 5.6/10.
- Viruddh... Family Comes First
- Zinda
- Shootout at Wadala
- Mumbai Saga
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 16 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Viruddh... Family Comes First, John Abraham had starred in 9 films, including Agraharathil Kazhutai (1977) and Dhoom (2004).
After Mumbai Saga, John Abraham went on to appear in 10 more films, including Pathaan (2023) and The Diplomat (2025).
Before Viruddh... Family Comes First, Mahesh Manjrekar had starred in 15 films, including Vaastav: The Reality (1999) and Kurukshetra (2000).
After Mumbai Saga, Mahesh Manjrekar went on to appear in 8 more films, including Gandhi Talks (2026) and Aho Vikramaarka! (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of John Abraham & 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 4 films.
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