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Filmography
- Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Karan Johar, 2016)
- Dangal (Nitesh Tiwari, 2016)
- Highway (Imtiaz Ali, 2014)
- Love Aaj Kal (Imtiaz Ali, 2009)
- Masaan (Neeraj Ghaywan, 2015)
- Tamasha (Imtiaz Ali, 2015)
- Tumhari Sulu (Suresh Triveni, 2017)
- Udta Punjab (Abhishek Chaubey, 2016)