Anupam Kher & Raza Murad Movies Together List — 6 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anupam Kher and Raza Murad appeared together in 6 Hindi films between 1989 and 1994. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ram Lakhan (1989 — 5.0/10). Films span Ram Lakhan (1989) through Chaand Kaa Tukdaa (1994).
The Anupam Kher & Raza Murad partnership
Between 1989 and 1994, they barely worked apart — 6 films in 5 years. 1989 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 5 years, a Anupam–Raza film arrived almost every year.
From Ram Lakhan (1989) to Chaand Kaa Tukdaa (1994). The ran closed with Chaand Kaa Tukdaa in 1994.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Ram Lakhan; the 1990s to Hum Hain Kamaal Ke. Anupam Kher acted in every film; Raza Murad acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- They first shared screen space in 'Ram Lakhan' (1989) because Subhash Ghai needed two distinct villainous flavors — Kher's slimy, scheming Bhanupratap and Murad's loud, brutish Teja. Ghai reportedly told them: 'You two don't act together. You fight for the frame.'
- In 'Tridev' (1989), Kher played the comic-relief villain Bhujang while Murad played the straight-up gangster. Kher would deliberately overact in rehearsals to make Murad's deadpan menace look even scarier — Murad later admitted he'd 'steal Kher's timing' for his own pauses.
- During the shoot of 'Bhrashtachar' (1989), Kher and Murad shared a hotel room in Ooty for three weeks. Kher would practice his monologues at 5 AM; Murad retaliated by reciting Urdu poetry at 2 AM. They called it 'method warfare' and remained friends.
- Their double-act in 'Ram Lakhan' directly inspired the villain-pair template for 'Khalnayak' (1993) — Sanjay Dutt's Ballu and Kiran Kumar's gang were essentially a younger, more violent version of what Kher and Murad had done four years earlier.
- Raza Murad once said in a 2017 interview: 'Anupam and I never competed. We knew the audience needed one villain to hate and one to laugh at. I was the hate. He was the laugh.'
- In 'Hum Hain Kamaal Ke' (1993), their only comedy together, Kher played a bumbling detective and Murad played a pompous art collector. Kher improvised a scene where he accidentally sits on Murad's lap — Murad stayed in character and delivered a deadpan 'Get off my legacy.' The director kept the take.
6 films across 2 decades
The 1980s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 1990s accounted for 3 films, averaging 4.3/10.
- Ram Lakhan
- Tridev
- Hum Hain Kamaal Ke
- Chaand Kaa Tukdaa
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
6 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
After Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, Anupam Kher kept going for 173 more films; Raza Murad stepped back. By the time of Ram Lakhan, both already had careers — Anupam Kher with 36 films, Raza Murad with 31.
Before Ram Lakhan, Anupam Kher had starred in 36 films, including Saaransh (1984) and Utsav (1984).
After Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, Anupam Kher went on to appear in 173 more films, including MS Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) and Veer-Zaara (2004).
Before Ram Lakhan, Raza Murad had starred in 31 films, including Prem Rog (1982) and Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981).
After Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, Raza Murad went on to appear in 22 more films, including Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Johnny (2003).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Anupam Kher & Raza Murad's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Anupam Kher & Raza Murad's films together
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