Anupam Kher & Chunky Panday Movies Together List — 7 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anupam Kher and Chunky Panday appeared together in 7 Hindi films between 1988 and 2024. Their highest-rated collaboration was Vijay 69 (2024 — 6.9/10). Films span Agnee (1988) through Vijay 69 (2024).
The Anupam Kher & Chunky Panday partnership
After 13 years apart, they came back together for Apna Sapna Money Money (2006). They didn't share a set between 1993 and 2006. They saved their best for last — Vijay 69 (6.9/10) came 36 years in.
Their work runs across 5 decades of Hindi cinema. From Agnee (1988) to Vijay 69 (2024).
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Agnee; the 2020s to Vijay 69. Anupam Kher acted in every film; Chunky Panday acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Anupam Kher and Chunky Panday first shared screen space in Naaka Bandi (1990), a film where Kher played a cop and Panday played a conman. The director, N. Chandra, paired them specifically because he wanted a clash of acting styles — Kher's intense method against Panday's loose, comic energy.
- In Lootere (1993), their only film where they played allies, Kher deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery to match Panday's rhythm. Panday later said Kher told him on set: 'You make people laugh with your timing. I'll make them believe the danger.'
- Despite making three films together, Kher and Panday never once had a meal together off-set. Panday revealed in a 2018 interview that Kher would always rush home after pack-up because he was 'too busy being a serious actor' — a joke Panday still ribs him about.
- Chunky Panday on Anupam Kher, in a 2013 interview promoting Hum Hai Raahi CAR Ke: 'He is the only actor who can make you feel like you're in a Shakespeare play even when you're driving a car that's about to fall off a cliff.'
- The failure of Hum Hai Raahi CAR Ke (2013) — which scored a 2.9/10 — effectively ended both actors' runs as lead pair in comedies. After that film, neither was cast as a comic duo again in Hindi cinema. The film's director, Jitendra Tiwari, never made another movie.
7 films across 5 decades
The 1980s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.1/10.
The 1990s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.0/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 5.7/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 2.9/10.
The 2020s accounted for 1 film, averaging 6.9/10.
- Agnee
- Naaka Bandi
- Lootere
- Sankat City
- Apna Sapna Money Money
- Hum Hai Raahi CAR Ke
- Vijay 69
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
7 films across 36 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
47% of Chunky Panday's screen credits are with Anupam Kher.
Before Agnee, Anupam Kher had starred in 23 films, including Saaransh (1984) and Utsav (1984).
After Vijay 69, Anupam Kher went on to appear in 8 more films, including Tanvi the Great (2025) and Metro... In Dino (2025).
Before Agnee, Chunky Panday had starred in 1 film, including Aag Hi Aag (1987).
After Vijay 69, Chunky Panday went on to appear in 7 more films, including Housefull 5 (2025) and Saale Aashiq (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Anupam Kher & Chunky Panday's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Chunky Pandey is the through-line — cast on 4 of their 7 films. Chunky Pandey appears alongside them in 4 films — practically a third lead.
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