Karan Johar & Shahid Kapoor Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-12 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Karan Johar and Shahid Kapoor appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 2015 and 2018. Their highest-rated collaboration was Welcome to New York (2018 — 5.3/10). Films span Shaandaar (2015) through Welcome to New York (2018).
The Karan Johar & Shahid Kapoor partnership
From Shaandaar (2015) to Welcome to New York (2018). It started with Shaandaar (2015).
The shape of the work
Karan Johar acted in every film; Shahid Kapoor acted in all of them.
2 films across 1 decade
- Welcome to New York
- Shaandaar0
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 3 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Shaandaar, both already had careers — Karan Johar with 11 films, Shahid Kapoor with 25.
Before Shaandaar, Karan Johar had starred in 11 films, including My Name Is Khan (2010) and Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003).
After Welcome to New York, Karan Johar went on to appear in 17 more films, including Shershaah (2021) and Kill (2024).
Before Shaandaar, Shahid Kapoor had starred in 25 films, including Haider (2014) and Jab We Met (2007).
After Welcome to New York, Shahid Kapoor went on to appear in 6 more films, including Jersey (2021) and Kabir Singh (2019).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Karan Johar & Shahid Kapoor's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Aditya Roy Kapur is the through-line — cast on 1 of their 2 films.
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