Anupam Kher & Sharman Joshi Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Rang De Basanti; the 2010s to Gang of Ghosts. Anupam Kher acted in every film; Sharman Joshi acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Sharman Joshi was a relative newcomer when Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra cast him in Rang De Basanti. Anupam Kher, already a veteran, personally vouched for Sharman during the casting process, telling Mehra, 'He has the hunger. Give him the part.'
• In Rang De Basanti, Anupam played the strict father to Sharman's rebellious son. Off-camera, Anupam deliberately stayed distant and stern with Sharman between takes to keep the tension real. Sharman later said, 'He never broke character around me for two months. It scared me — and that fear is all over my face in every scene.'
• After Rang De Basanti wrapped, Anupam Kher gifted Sharman Joshi a vintage watch with the film's release date engraved on the back. Sharman still wears it to every audition. 'It reminds me that I belong,' he told a journalist in 2018.
• Sharman Joshi on Anupam Kher: 'He taught me that acting is not about dialogue delivery — it's about what you do in the silence between the lines. I learned that watching him in Rang De Basanti.'
• Their father-son dynamic in Rang De Basanti directly inspired the casting of Anupam and Sharman in the 2014 comedy Super Nani — the director wanted to recreate that same 'strict dad vs. frustrated son' energy, but this time with jokes. It didn't work (the film tanked), but the attempt shows how much that first pairing defined both their careers.