Ajay Devgan & Akshaye Khanna Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Hulchul; the 2010s to Aakrosh (2010). Ajay Devgan acted in every film; Akshaye Khanna acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• They first met on the set of 'Hulchul' (1995) when both were raw newcomers. Ajay was already a star after 'Phool Aur Kaante'; Akshaye was just two films old. The director, K. Muralimohana Rao, deliberately paired them as brothers because he wanted two young actors who looked like they could actually be siblings — and their similar jawlines sold it.
• In 'Deewangee' (2002), Ajay played a man with multiple personality disorder. Akshaye played the lawyer trying to prove his innocence. The trick to their tension: Akshaye would deliberately stay in a cold, clinical headspace between takes, while Ajay stayed in a volatile, unpredictable zone. They never broke character around each other during the shoot — it made their courtroom scenes feel genuinely dangerous.
• Their only war film together, 'LOC Kargil' (2003), was the first Hindi movie to cast real army veterans as extras in combat scenes. Ajay and Akshaye both insisted on it after meeting actual Kargil survivors during prep. That decision set a new standard for military accuracy in Bollywood war films — every major war movie after that, from 'Lakshya' to 'Uri', followed their lead.
• They never became close friends off-screen. In fact, after 'Aakrosh' (2010), they didn't speak for nearly a decade. The reason: both are intensely private and introverted. Akshaye once said in an interview that they'd sit in separate corners of the vanity van, read books, and exchange maybe three words a day. No fight — just two people who didn't need to talk to work well together.
• Akshaye Khanna on working with Ajay Devgn: 'He doesn't act. He just becomes. And that forces you to stop acting too, or you'll look fake next to him.' — from a 2002 Filmfare interview during 'Deewangee' promotions.