Rohan Sippy & Abhishek Bachchan Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Bluffmaster; the 2010s to Dum Maaro Dum. Rohan Sippy directed every film; Abhishek Bachchan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Rohan Sippy cast Abhishek Bachchan in Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) after seeing him in a small role in Refugee. Sippy later admitted he took a risk — Abhishek hadn't proven himself as a lead yet, but Sippy bet on his 'old-school charm' for the romantic comedy.
• On Bluffmaster (2005), Abhishek pushed Rohan to let him improvise the con-man dialogues. Sippy said Abhishek's natural timing made the script funnier — they ended up rewriting half the scenes on set, with Abhishek suggesting the iconic 'I'm a bluffmaster' line himself.
• Dum Maaro Dum (2011) introduced Prateik Babbar to mainstream Hindi cinema. Rohan cast him on Abhishek's recommendation after they worked together on a short film. Prateik's breakout role in that film directly led to his signing for Ekk Deewana Tha and Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana.
• Rohan and Abhishek stayed close even after Nautanki Saala (2013) flopped. Abhishek was one of the first people Rohan called when his father Ramesh Sippy fell ill in 2015. They still meet for dinner every few months, though they haven't made a film together in over a decade.
• "Rohan is the only director who lets me be completely stupid on set. He doesn't judge my first take — he just says 'do it again, but worse.'" — Abhishek Bachchan, during the promotions of Nautanki Saala (2013).