Jeetendra & Amjad Khan Movies Together List — 10 Films

The shape of the work

The 1980s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 1970s belonged to Lok Parlok; the 1980s to Samraat. Jeetendra acted in every film; Amjad Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Jeetendra personally requested Amjad Khan for the role of the villain in 'Himmatwala' (1983). Amjad was initially hesitant because the part was too small, but Jeetendra convinced him by saying the film would be a blockbuster. It was.
• In 'Jaani Dost' (1983), Jeetendra played the straight-laced hero while Amjad Khan played the comic sidekick. Amjad improvised most of his dialogue on set, and Jeetendra would deliberately break into laughter mid-scene to make the takes feel more natural. The director kept those takes.
• Their pairing in 'Lok Parlok' (1979) was the first time a mainstream Hindi film used a fantasy-comedy template where the hero and villain switched bodies. That plot device was later ripped off by at least three South Indian remakes in the 80s.
• Amjad Khan was a trained classical singer. On the sets of 'Dharam Kanta' (1982), he would sing ghazals between shots for the crew. Jeetendra once said Amjad's voice was so powerful that the entire unit would stop working just to listen.
• Jeetendra said about Amjad Khan: 'He could make you laugh with just a raised eyebrow. In 'Himmatwala', I couldn't keep a straight face during our scenes together. He was the only villain who made me forget my lines.'
• In 'Pataal Bhairavi' (1985), Amjad Khan played a magician who actually performed real sleight-of-hand tricks on camera. Jeetendra's reactions were genuine — Amjad never told him when the trick would happen, so his shock was real.