Other works

(2012) TV commercial for India Bulls Home Loan

(2012) Starred in the shelved movie "Dreams" (Dream Sequence)(2012). Starring Madhuri Dixit, Irrfan Khan. Previously Saif Ali Khan,Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone's names were attached to the project. At one point when Saif Ali Khan exited the film,Abhay Deol and Vivaan Shah were considered for the project. But then the film got shelved and nothing was heard away from it. A writer was working on a project some years later for Vishal, when he read the screenplay and heard the backstory, it just blew his mind. The film was based on a concept by Mukul Sharma (a science writer and Konkona's father) written in the 70s The novel was titled "Dream Sequence". Based on a woman who dreams about waking up but can't wake up. Nobody was interested in that concept because it was considered too absurd in Hindi films. Finally, years later, Vishal heard it and loved it. He developed it into a screenplay but then again, for years, nobody was interested in the idea. Saif read the script and loved it but sadly, no producer did. And then, another movie released based on a similar idea which became a historical hit. That film was the Hollywood film,Inception. It was a pure coincidence and the stories were based of the same idea but different in execution. Dream Sequence still remains one of the finest screenplays Vishal read. Suddenly, producers were interested in it, and Dream Sequence was finally announced with Madhuri and Irrfan. But the problems weren't over. The producers wanted to make Dream Sequence "more like Inception but still Indian." Vishal got frustrated at the producers ruining his script and decided to shelve it.

(2008) J.P.Dutta had planned to make the film "Tiger Hills". He had signed Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan,Akshaye Khanna, Arbaaz Khan. The film was called off due to budget issues. It was finally made as "Shershaah" with Siddharth Malhotra.

(1986) "Janam Janam Ki Mohabbat" Originally Rahul Rawail has planned a film on the concept of reincarnation with Sunny Deol & Padmini Kohlapure in mid 80's but both the actors were unavailable the film got shelved. The story was about two lovers who gets separated due to a family feud. Later Raj Kanwar got the script nd decided to make the film with Saif Ali Khan and Mahima Chaudhary in 1997 as Saath "Pichle Janam Ka". The film again got shelved due to conflicting schedule of the actors. Finally it was made as Ab Ke Baras with Arya Babbar and Amrita Rao in 2002.

(1996) Venus Creations" Productions shelved film or movie titled "Agar" ; Starring :- Saif Ali Khan , Bobby Deol, Akshaye Khanna ,Shilpa Shetty , Raveena Tondon , Twinkle Khanna & Aditya Pancholi with Shakti Kapoor. ; Music by - Rajesh Roshan & Anand Raj Anand. ; Produced by - Venus & Ramesh Sippy ; Written & Directed by - Rakesh Roshan. ; but due to some date issues. ; the project or film too got shelved.

(1993) Starred in Shalimar Film International's untitled film. Starring Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan,Music by Anand Milind,Produced by Narrotam V Purohit, Vijay Ranglani.

(2002) Starred Ripple Entertainments' shelved film, " Hum Bhi Kush Tum Bhi Kush" Starring Anil Kapoor Saif Ali Khan (Replaced Chandrachur Singh),Priyanka Chopra, Gracy Singh, Directed by Satish Kaushik. It was about a village girl (Priyanka) who falls in love with a superstar actor ( Saif Ali Khan) and how she goes to the city to find him. That is when she meets Anil Kapoor.

(1993) Starred in the shelved movie Meghna Films "Do Bechare". Starring Saif Ali Khan, Kamal Sadanah, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Samar Purakayastha, Rajashree Biswas, Directed by Shrikanth Sharma.

(1992) When the film Ram Aur Shyam was launched in 1992, it was to be directed by David Dhawan and starred Govinda, Sunil Shetty and Juhi Chawla. It was then shelved. In 1994, Raju Mavani restarted the film with Sunil Shetty and Saif Ali Khan. Krishnakant Pandya was to direct the film. Once again the film was stalled due to problems. Finally the film was made with Manek Bedi and Samrat.

(1998) Starred in the shelved movie Venus Creations "Khaleefe" Starring Sanjay Dutt , Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Mamta Kulkarni, Sharad Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Music by - Nadeem-Shravan, Produced by - Venus, Written & Directed by - Sanjay Gupta. ; Reels : 2 .

(1999) Hansal Mehta earlier wanted to make project titled "Shaadi.com" starring Tabu with either Saif Ali Khan or Akshaye Khanna. Hansal Mehta dropped the project because producer Nitin Patil backed out. Hansal Mehta would later in 2005 be signed by Feroz Khan to direct another different film titled "Shaadi.com" with Fardeen Khan and Celina Jaitley. That film also ended up getting shelved. Feroz Khan's "Shaadi.com" was earlier being made with the title " Tera Saath Hain Kitna Pyaara" with Fardeen Khan and Aishwarya Rai. Produced and Directed by Feroz Khan.

(2015) in June 2015, Kamal Haasan announced that he was reviving the film Thalaivan Irukkiraan and that Saif Ali Khan would feature alongside him in a leading role. The title "Amar Hai" was selected.Associating with Hindi producers Virender K. Arora and Arjun N. Kapoor, Kamal Haasan revealed that the project would be a "contemporary story which would touch upon politics, finance and the underworld" and "an action film with lots of emotion", while comparing the movie to Brian De Palma's film, The Untouchables (1987).He added that the film would be shot in Mumbai and Delhi in India, with schedules also planned in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States, while also that he would finish scripting the film after he finished work on the production of Thoongaa Vanam (2015). Despite the announcements, the producers backed out of the project and the film was again stalled.After two more years of inactivity, in July 2017, Kamal Haasan suggested that he would revive the project after the release of Vishwaroopam 2 (2018) and Sabaash Naidu. Following a further period of quiet, where Kamal Haasan also revealed that he would stop acting, it was announced that composer A. R. Rahman and studio Lyca Productions became attached to the project in July 2019.Later Kamal admitted in an interview that the Hindi version "Amar Hain", that was previously planned, became the first draft of the script for his film with Mani Ratnam, "Thug Life".

(1991) Satee Shourie signed Saif Ali Khan for her home production. She sent him to acting school and paid him big money. Her plan was to launch him in a film. The film "Dil Ko Laakh Sambhala" opposite Twinkle Khanna and model Tarana Ramkrishnan (Tanya Singh was also approached), was directed by Anand Mahendru, who was a friend of Saif Ali Khan. Rahul Rawail heard of Saif Ali Khan and wanted to sign him. Rahul Rawail approached Satee and said her film would release first and Bekhudi would be Saif's second release. Satee gave a clear NO to Rahul. That is when Anand Mahendru had a argument with Satee and left the film. Saif Ali Khan was next to leave the film and break his contract. His contract said he would do a film to be directed by Anand Mahendru. Since Anand left, this gave Saif a legal right to leave the film. Saif was then once again approached by Rahul Rawail and he agreed to the film. But after a few months, Saif's bad behavior started to be disruptive. Saif would arrive on the sets very late. Sharmila Tagore had warned Rawail that Saif was a late riser. He would also go missing when they needed him to shoot. Many speculated he would go visit Moon Moon Sen. Then Rahul Rawail got word that Saif agreed to do the film only because he wanted to visit Canada. Rahul got frustrated and removed Saif from the film and signed Kamal Sadanah .