Amjad Khan & Ajit Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 1970s belonged to Mr. Natwarlal; the 1980s to Ram Balram. Amjad Khan acted in every film; Ajit acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Amjad Khan was originally cast as the villain in Mr. Natwarlal (1979), but Ajit — who played the hero — personally asked the director to give Amjad a bigger, more layered role. That film became their first real hit together.
• In Ram Balram (1980), Ajit played the righteous cop and Amjad the cunning smuggler. Their scenes worked because Ajit would deliver his lines straight and slow, while Amjad would undercut him with a smirk or a pause — making the hero look noble and the villain look smarter.
• The success of Raakhi Ki Saugandh (1979) and Mr. Natwarlal (1979) convinced producers that a hero-villain duo could open a film on name value alone. This directly led to the trend of 'multi-starrer' action films in the early 80s, where two top stars would face off as hero and villain.
• Ajit and Amjad never socialized outside sets. Ajit was a strict teetotaler who went home by 6 PM; Amjad was a heavy drinker who partied late. On Ram Balram, they shot their scenes separately and were edited together — the director later admitted they never shared a single frame in the same room.
• Ajit once told a journalist: 'Amjad was the only villain who could make me nervous. He'd change his dialogue mid-scene, and I'd have to match his energy. That's why our fights looked real.'