Emraan Hashmi & Milan Luthria Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-21 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Emraan Hashmi and Milan Luthria appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2010 and 2017. Their highest-rated collaboration was The Dirty Picture (2011 — 6.9/10). Films span Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) through Baadshaho (2017).
The Emraan Hashmi & Milan Luthria partnership
From Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) to Baadshaho (2017). It started with Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010).
The shape of the work
Emraan Hashmi acted in every film; Milan Luthria directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Milan Luthria cast Emraan Hashmi in Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) against type. Emraan was known as the 'serial kisser' of Bollywood. Luthria bet on him playing a gangster with zero romance. That bet changed Emraan's career.
- On The Dirty Picture (2011), Luthria pushed Emraan to play a restrained, morally grey character. Emraan usually owned the screen with swagger. Luthria made him hold back. The result? Emraan's quiet intensity became the perfect foil to Vidya Balan's loud, chaotic Silk.
- Their first film, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), directly inspired a wave of 1970s-set gangster biopics. Without its success, you probably wouldn't have gotten Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) or even Sacred Games (2018) in the same form.
- Emraan Hashmi has said Milan Luthria is the only director who calls him just to check in, not to discuss work. They talk about family, not films. That friendship survived Baadshaho (2017) bombing at the box office.
- Emraan Hashmi once said about Luthria: 'He doesn't let me get away with anything. He knows when I'm faking it. That's rare in this industry.' He said this during the promotions of Baadshaho (2017).
3 films across 1 decade
- The Dirty Picture
- Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
33% of Milan Luthria's screen credits are with Emraan Hashmi.
Before Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Emraan Hashmi had starred in 19 films, including Awarapan (2007) and Kalyug (2005).
After Baadshaho, Emraan Hashmi went on to appear in 13 more films, including 55 (2025) and Haq (2025).
Before Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Milan Luthria had directed 5 films, including Taxi No. 9211 (2006) and Kachche Dhaage (1999).
After Baadshaho, Milan Luthria went on to direct 1 more film, including Tadap (2021).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Emraan Hashmi & Milan Luthria's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
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