Anupam Kher & Tusshar Kapoor Movies Together List — 5 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-03 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Anupam Kher and Tusshar Kapoor appeared together in 5 Hindi films between 2004 and 2012. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (2005 — 4.8/10). Films span Shart: The Challenge (2004) through Chaar Din Ki Chandni (2012).
The Anupam Kher & Tusshar Kapoor partnership
Between 2004 and 2012, they barely worked apart — 5 films in 8 years. From Shart: The Challenge (2004) to Chaar Din Ki Chandni (2012). It started with Shart: The Challenge (2004).
The shape of the work
The 2000s account for 80% of everything they made together. The 2000s belonged to Kyaa Kool Hai Hum; the 2010s to Chaar Din Ki Chandni. Anupam Kher acted in every film; Tusshar Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Tusshar Kapoor personally called Anupam Kher to ask him to play his father in 'C Kkompany' (2008). Kher said yes immediately — no formal audition, just a phone call.
- In 'Life Partner' (2009), Kher played Tusshar's on-screen father again. The comedy relied on Kher's deadpan reactions to Tusshar's over-the-top physical comedy — Kher would deliberately underplay every line to make Tusshar's antics land harder.
- After 'Chaar Din Ki Chandni' (2012) flopped, the two didn't work together again. But Tusshar has said in interviews that Kher remains a mentor he calls for career advice, especially about comedy timing.
- Tusshar Kapoor once said: 'Anupam ji is the only actor who can make me laugh even when I'm not in the scene. He'd whisper jokes between takes and I'd break character.'
5 films across 2 decades
The 2000s accounted for 4 films, averaging 4.5/10.
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.5/10.
- Kyaa Kool Hai Hum
- Life Partner
- Chaar Din Ki Chandni
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
5 films across 8 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; Tusshar Kapoor had 5. After Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Anupam Kher kept going for 53 more films; Tusshar Kapoor stepped back.
Before Shart: The Challenge, Anupam Kher had starred in 151 films, including Saaransh (1984) and Utsav (1984).
After Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Anupam Kher went on to appear in 53 more films, including MS Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016) and Baby (2015).
Before Shart: The Challenge, Tusshar Kapoor had starred in 5 films, including Kucch To Hai (2003) and Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai (2001).
After Chaar Din Ki Chandni, Tusshar Kapoor went on to appear in 10 more films, including LSD 2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2 (2024) and Mastiii 4 (2025).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Anupam Kher & Tusshar Kapoor's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Rajpal Yadav is the through-line — cast on 3 of their 5 films. Rajpal Yadav appears alongside them in 3 films — practically a third lead.
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