Anupam Kher & Rajpal Yadav Movies Together List — 12 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anupam Kher and Rajpal Yadav appeared together in 12 Hindi films between 2004 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was Yeh Mera India (2009 — 6.4/10). Films span Shart: The Challenge (2004) through Dirty Politics (2015).
The Anupam Kher & Rajpal Yadav partnership
2006 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. For 11 years, a Anupam–Rajpal film arrived almost every year. From Shart: The Challenge (2004) to Dirty Politics (2015).
It started with Shart: The Challenge (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Yeh Mera India; the 2010s to Main Tera Hero. Anupam Kher acted in every film; Rajpal Yadav acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Rajpal Yadav was cast in 'Paheli' (2005) because Anupam Kher personally recommended him to director Amol Palekar after seeing his stage work. Kher told Palekar, 'This boy will steal every scene he's in.'
- In 'Apna Sapna Money Money' (2006), Anupam Kher deliberately slowed down his dialogue delivery so Rajpal Yadav's frantic comic timing would pop. Yadav later said, 'He gave me the space to be loud while he stayed still. That's why our scenes look like a tornado and a mountain.'
- During the shoot of 'Shaadi Se Pehle' (2006), Rajpal Yadav's father passed away. Anupam Kher quietly paid for the family's travel and stayed on set to finish Yadav's scenes so the production wouldn't collapse. They never spoke about it publicly.
- Their double-act in 'Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama' (2008) directly inspired the comic duo format for the TV show 'Comedy Nights Bachao' — the show's creator admitted in an interview that he cast two actors who 'bickered like Kher and Yadav'.
- Anupam Kher on Rajpal Yadav: 'He is the only actor who can make me forget my lines because I'm laughing so hard. In 'C Kkompany' (2008), we had to do 14 retakes of one scene because I kept breaking down.' — Kher in a 2009 Filmfare interview.
- In 'Main Tera Hero' (2014), their only film together where they played rivals, Kher insisted on rehearsing every slap and fall with Yadav for two hours before the shoot. 'I didn't want to hurt him, but I also wanted the hits to look real,' Kher said. The scene where Yadav gets thrown into a cake took 11 takes.
12 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 9 films, averaging 5.3/10.
The 2010s accounted for 3 films, averaging 5.0/10.
- Yeh Mera India
- Chup Chup Ke
- Main Tera Hero
- Dirty Politics
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
12 films across 11 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Anupam Kher had 151 films behind them; Rajpal Yadav had 16.
Before Shart: The Challenge, Anupam Kher had starred in 151 films, including Saaransh (1984) and Utsav (1984).
After Dirty Politics, Anupam Kher went on to appear in 33 more films, including MS Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) and The Kashmir Files (2022).
Before Shart: The Challenge, Rajpal Yadav had starred in 16 films, including Hungama (2003) and Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon (2003).
After Dirty Politics, Rajpal Yadav went on to appear in 37 more films, including Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko (2019) and Chandu Champion (2024).
Collaboration Journey
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