Too cliche of you to think that a pair can only be between an actor and an actress. Actor-director pairs are no less.

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Ever wondered why we love the on-screen pairs so much? It is probably because the two performers somewhere strike a similar chord together. There’s a similar emotional note which they share and both artists look like they are complementing each other.

This can very much happen between a filmmaker and an actor as well. A director is one who visualises a story and an actor is one who executes it into the reality. If both of them are sharing a brilliant connection, it can’t help but be reflected in the creation they together contribute in.

Here are seven such actor-director duos whom we simply love!