Sanjay Dutt & Aashish Chaudhary Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Dhamaal; the 2010s to Double Dhamaal. Sanjay Dutt acted in every film; Aashish Chaudhary acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• In Dhamaal, Sanjay Dutt’s loud, chaotic energy forced Aashish Chaudhary to play the straight man — but Chaudhary’s deadpan timing actually made Dutt funnier. Dutt admitted in an interview that he kept cracking up during Chaudhary’s reaction shots.
• During the shoot of EMI - Liya Hai Toh Chukana Parega, Sanjay Dutt would often pull Aashish Chaudhary aside between takes to give him tips on comic delivery. Chaudhary later said Dutt treated him like a younger brother on set.
• Aashish Chaudhary was cast in Dhamaal only after Sanjay Dutt personally recommended him to director Indra Kumar. Dutt had seen Chaudhary’s work in a TV show and told Kumar: “This guy has the timing we need.”
• The success of their double-act in Dhamaal directly led to the sequel Double Dhamaal — but the sequel’s over-the-top tone made both actors dial up their performances so much that critics called it “exhausting.” The franchise never made a third film.
• Aashish Chaudhary once said about working with Dutt: “Sanju bhai doesn’t act — he just becomes the character. And when you’re opposite that, you have to raise your own game or you’ll look like a cardboard cutout.”