Rajneesh Duggal & Rajiv S. Ruia Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Rajneesh Duggal and Rajiv S. Ruia appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2013 and 2016. Their highest-rated collaboration was Main Krishna Hoon (2013 — 5.9/10). Films span Main Krishna Hoon (2013) through Saansein (2016).
The Rajneesh Duggal & Rajiv S. Ruia partnership
From Main Krishna Hoon (2013) to Saansein (2016). It started with Main Krishna Hoon (2013).
The shape of the work
Rajneesh Duggal acted in every film; Rajiv S. Ruia directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Ruia cast Duggal in 'Main Krishna Hoon' after seeing his work in a music video — Duggal had zero film acting experience at that point, and Ruia took a gamble on his screen presence over a trained actor.
- On the set of 'Direct Ishq', Ruia let Duggal improvise most of his comic lines — the actor's deadpan timing became the film's only saving grace, but the script was so weak even that couldn't save the 2.9 rating.
- After 'Saansein' tanked in 2016, Ruia and Duggal stopped speaking for two years — Duggal later admitted in an interview that they 'needed a break from each other's bad luck' before patching up.
- Ruia once told a trade magazine: 'Rajneesh is the only actor who would show up at 5 AM for a 10 AM call and still apologise for being late. That's why I kept casting him.'
- Their 2016 flop 'Direct Ishq' was the first Hindi film to be shot entirely in 3D without a single post-conversion — a technical risk that no other director-actor duo attempted again for years.
3 films across 1 decade
- Main Krishna Hoon
- Saansein
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
43% of Rajiv S. Ruia's screen credits are with Rajneesh Duggal.
Before Main Krishna Hoon, Rajneesh Duggal had starred in 3 films, including 1920 (2008) and Phhir (2011).
After Saansein, Rajneesh Duggal went on to appear in 9 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Mandali (2023).
Before Main Krishna Hoon, Rajiv S. Ruia had directed 1 film, including My Friend Ganesha 3 (2010).
After Saansein, Rajiv S. Ruia went on to direct 3 more films, including Luv You Shankar (2024) and X Ray (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Rajneesh Duggal & Rajiv S. Ruia's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Rajneesh Duggal & Rajiv S. Ruia's films together
