Ajay Devgan & Mahesh Manjrekar Movies Together List — 6 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 67% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Tera Mera Saath Rahen; the 2020s to The Big Bull. Ajay Devgan acted in every film; Mahesh Manjrekar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Mahesh Manjrekar didn't just direct Ajay Devgn in Tera Mera Saath Rahen (2001) — he also wrote the story. That film marked Manjrekar's Hindi directorial debut, and he specifically tailored the lead role for Ajay after seeing his intensity in Zakhm.
• On the set of Ready (2011), Ajay Devgn would often improvise comic lines on the spot. Mahesh Manjrekar, playing the villain, had to keep a straight face while Ajay deliberately cracked him up between takes. Manjrekar later said Ajay's timing made him a better actor in that film.
• Ajay Devgn and Mahesh Manjrekar are close friends off-screen. Manjrekar has directed Ajay in multiple Marathi films too, and Ajay even produced Manjrekar's directorial venture Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho (2010) in Marathi.
• Mahesh Manjrekar once said about Ajay Devgn: 'He is the only actor who can make a bad film look good. Even in Himmatwala, he carried the whole thing on his shoulders.' He said this in a 2013 interview after the film bombed.
• Their collaboration on Teen Patti (2010) brought together two generations of Marathi cinema talent — Manjrekar cast himself alongside Ajay, and the film also featured Ben Kingsley. It was a rare Bollywood experiment that mixed gambling with quantum physics, and it exists only because Manjrekar convinced Ajay to back the quirky script.
• In Tera Mera Saath Rahen (2001), Manjrekar deliberately wrote a role that required Ajay to play a blind man. He knew Ajay's strength was in physical acting and minimal dialogue, so he gave him a character who communicated through touch and silence. That film remains the only Hindi movie where Ajay plays a blind protagonist.