Akshaye Khanna & Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-21 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Akshaye Khanna and Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2002 and 2008. Their highest-rated collaboration was Race (2008 — 6.1/10). Films span Humraaz (2002) through Race (2008).
The Akshaye Khanna & Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla partnership
From Humraaz (2002) to Race (2008). It started with Humraaz (2002).
The shape of the work
Akshaye Khanna acted in every film; Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla directed all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
3 films across 1 decade
- Race
- Humraaz
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 6 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Race, Akshaye Khanna kept going for 17 more films; Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla stepped back.
Before Humraaz, Akshaye Khanna had starred in 11 films, including Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and Taal (1999).
After Race, Akshaye Khanna went on to appear in 17 more films, including Akshardham: Operation Vajra Shakti (2025) and Drishyam 2 (2022).
Before Humraaz, Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla had directed 6 films, including Khiladi (1992) and Ajnabee (2001).
After Race, Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla went on to direct 2 more films, including Race 2 (2013) and Players (2012).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Akshaye Khanna & Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Ravi Yadav is the through-line — cinematography on 2 of their 3 films.
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