Ajay Devgan & Salim Merchant Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-16 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Ajay Devgan and Salim Merchant appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 2003 and 2005. Their highest-rated collaboration was Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003 — 5.3/10). Films span Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003) through Kaal (2005).
The Ajay Devgan & Salim Merchant partnership
From Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003) to Kaal (2005). The ran closed with Kaal in 2005. It started with Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003).
The shape of the work
Ajay Devgan acted in every film; Salim Merchant scored all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Qayamat: City Under Threat
- Kaal
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 2 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Ajay Devgan had 72 films behind them; Salim Merchant had 0. After Kaal, Ajay Devgan kept going for 83 more films; Salim Merchant stepped back.
Before Qayamat: City Under Threat, Ajay Devgan had starred in 72 films, including Lajja (2001) and Lajja (2001).
After Kaal, Ajay Devgan went on to appear in 83 more films, including Maidaan (2024) and RRR (2021).
Qayamat: City Under Threat was Salim Merchant's acting debut.
After Kaal, Salim Merchant went on to appear in 12 more films, including Poorna (2017) and Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Ajay Devgan & Salim Merchant's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aanjjan Srivastav is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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