2000: 'Mohabbatein': plays Raj Aaryan, a music teacher; directed by Aditya Chopra; co-stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai.

2001: 'Asoka': plays Emperor Asoka; directed by Santoshh Sivan; co-stars: Kareena Kapoor, Ajit

2001: 'Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham': plays brother to Hrithik Roshan's Rohan and son to Amitabh Bachchan's Yashwardhan Raichand; directed by Karan Johar; co-stars: Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Jaya Bachchan.

2001: 'Devdas': plays the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay character, Devdas; directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali; co-stars: Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff.

2003: 'Kal Ho Na Ho': plays the terminally ill Aman Mathur; directed by Nikhil Advani; co-stars: Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bachchan.

2004: 'Veer-Zaara': plays Veer Pratap Singh, an IAF pilot languishing in a Pak jail; directed by Yash Chopra; co-stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Preity Zinta, Manoj Bajpai.

2004: 'Swades': plays Mohan Bhargawa, an NRI sojourning India "with a mission"; directed by Ashutosh Gowariker; co-stars: Gayatri Joshi.

2006: 'Don- The Chase Begins': plays Don/Vijay; directed by Farhan Akhtar; co-stars: Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani.

2006: 'Chak De India': plays Kabir Khan, a wronged Hockey player-turned-coach; directed by Shimit Amin; co-stars: Vidya Malvade, Sagarika Ghatge, Chitrashi Rawat...

2007: 'Om Shanti Om': plays Om Prakash Makhija and his reincarnation Om Kapoor; directed by Farah Khan; co-stars: Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade.

2008: 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi': plays the nerdy-looking, clumsy, bespectacled Surinder "Suri" Sahni and the all hip and happening Raj Kapoor; directed by Aditya Chopra; co-stars: Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak.

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