Vivek Oberoi & Aftab Shivdasani Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 2003 and 2025. Their highest-rated collaboration was Mastiii 4 (2025 — 6.3/10). Films span Darna Mana Hai (2003) through Mastiii 4 (2025).
The Vivek Oberoi & Aftab Shivdasani partnership
After 9 years apart, they came back together for Grand Masti (2013). They saved their best for last — Mastiii 4 (6.3/10) came 22 years in. Their work runs across 3 decades of Hindi cinema.
They didn't share a set between 2004 and 2013. From Darna Mana Hai (2003) to Mastiii 4 (2025).
The shape of the work
The 2000s belonged to Darna Mana Hai; the 2020s to Mastiii 4. Vivek Oberoi acted in every film; Aftab Shivdasani acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first met on the set of Darna Mana Hai (2003), but director Prawaal Raman deliberately kept them apart during the audition process. He wanted their first real interaction to happen in front of the camera, to capture genuine awkwardness between strangers.
- In Masti (2004), Vivek played the loud, impulsive husband while Aftab played the quiet, scheming one. They built a rhythm where Vivek would set the comic energy high, and Aftab would undercut it with a deadpan reaction — a trick they reused in every Masti sequel.
- The Masti franchise, which they anchored together across three films, directly inspired the wave of adult comedies in the 2010s — including the Grand Masti (2013) poster style that later got copied by films like Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3.
- During the shoot of Grand Masti (2013), Vivek and Aftab shared a vanity van for the entire schedule. They reportedly played FIFA on a PlayStation between takes, and Aftab once said they argued so much over the game that the crew thought they were fighting about the script.
- Aftab Shivdasani on Vivek Oberoi, during a 2013 interview: 'He’s the only co-star who can make me laugh so hard that I forget my lines. And then he’ll improvise something even funnier, and I’ll just stand there, lost.'
5 films across 3 decades
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.8/10.
The 2010s accounted for 2 films, averaging 3.5/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.3/10.
- Darna Mana Hai
- Masti
- Grand Masti
- Great Grand Masti
- Mastiii 4
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 22 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
50% of Vivek Oberoi's screen credits are with Aftab Shivdasani.
Before Darna Mana Hai, Vivek Oberoi had starred in 4 films, including Company (2002) and Saathiya (2002).
After Mastiii 4, Vivek Oberoi went on to appear in 1 more film, including Rosie: The Saffron Chapter (2026).
Before Darna Mana Hai, Aftab Shivdasani had starred in 13 films, including Awara Paagal Deewana (2002) and Kasoor (2001).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Vivek Oberoi & Aftab Shivdasani's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Riteish Deshmukh is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 5 films. Riteish Deshmukh appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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