8 Successful Actor-Director Pairs Who Will Be Teaming Up Again in 2018 & 2019

Bollywood has produced some of the biggest hits in the history of Indian Cinema and its films are now breaking records in the overseas markets too. The credit for this achievement goes to the cast and crew of the film who work hard day and night to make their project a success. Often, the actors and directors develop a formidable partnership that yields fruitful results at the box office.

Ever since the Indian Film Industry started making films, there have been numerous actor-director pairs that have given some of the biggest hits in Bollywood. Each decade saw some of the biggest names like Guru Dutt-Dev Anand, Yash Chopra-Amitabh Bachchan, SRK-Karn Johar, SRK-Aditya Chopra forming partnerships that were critically as well as commercially successful at the box office.

Hence, the public demand for these pairs to work together again is always there and some of the most successful actor-director duos are coming up with their projects in 2018 & 2019, here are 8 of them:

Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Dutt: The popular duo is finally coming together for the long-awaited 3rd installment of the beloved Munnabhai Series. Arshad Warsi will also be reprising his role as Munna's right-hand man Circuit and the audiences can expect another film with a healthy dose of laughter and learning.

Vijay Krishna Acharya and Aamir Khan: The famous duo gave one of the biggest hits in Bollywood, Dhoom 3, that also became one of the highest overseas grossers. The film received flak from the critics but the audiences loved the film and the collection of 284 Crores is a proof of that. They will be working together again in upcoming Thugs of Hindostan.

Imtiaz Ali and Shahid Kapoor: The hit duo of Jab We Met is back and Shahid Kapoor is slated to star in Imtiaz Ali's next directorial. Audiences surely hope that the magic of Jab We Met will be recreated.

Luv Ranjan and Kartik Aaryan: The popular duo is coming back together again and no, it's not another Pyar Ka Punchnama sequel. The film is titled Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety and is said to be a romantic comedy.

Abhishek Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput: The actor-director pair, who gave us one of the best films of the 2010s, Kai Po Che, are teaming up again for a film titled Kedarnath and the film is said to be a love story based on the backdrop of devastating Uttarakhand floods.

Neeraj Pandey and Manoj Bajpai: The duo worked together in 2013 hit Special 26 and will be working again in Ayiaary that also stars Siddharth Malhotra. 

Ranbir Kapoor and Ayan Mukherjee: The hit duo that has given us films like Wake Up Sid and Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani will be coming up with a superhero film Brahmastra in 2019 that will start a trilogy.

Sajid Khan and Akshay Kumar: The duo has given hits like Heyy Baby and the Housefull series that have entertained the audiences and they will be pairing up again in Housefull 4.