Anupam Kher & Shahid Kapoor Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s account for 60% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Vivah; the 2010s to Badmaash Company. Anupam Kher acted in every film; Shahid Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Anupam Kher personally recommended Shahid Kapoor for the role of Prem in 'Vivah' (2006) after seeing his work in 'Ishq Vishk'. Director Sooraj Barjatya was initially unsure, but Kher insisted Shahid had the right 'innocent' vibe for a Barjatya hero.
• On the set of 'Vivah', Kher would deliberately break into Punjabi between takes to make Shahid laugh and loosen up. Shahid later said this helped him drop his 'actor mode' and play the shy Prem more naturally.
• During 'Mausam' (2011), Kher and Shahid shared a vanity van for the entire outdoor schedule in Scotland. They played chess between shots — Kher taught Shahid the game, and Shahid never beat him once.
• Shahid said about Kher after 'Vivah': 'He doesn't act with you — he acts for you. He gives you so much to react to that your job becomes half done.'
• The father-son warmth between Kher and Shahid in 'Vivah' directly inspired the casting of the same pair as father-son in the 2014 TV show 'Mahabharat' — though that project never materialized, the idea was pitched because of their 'Vivah' chemistry.