Kangana Ranaut & Anil Kapoor Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

Kangana Ranaut acted in every film; Anil Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Kangana was cast in 'No Problem' (2010) only after the original choice, Priyanka Chopra, walked out due to date issues. Anil Kapoor personally vouched for Kangana to the director, Anees Bazmee, after seeing her in 'Gangster'.
• In 'Shootout at Wadala' (2013), Anil Kapoor deliberately slowed down his usual fast-paced dialogue delivery to match Kangana's more measured, intense rhythm. He told the director that her stillness made his character's rage land harder.
• During the shoot of 'Tezz' (2012), Kangana was going through a public breakup with Hrithik Roshan. Anil Kapoor would sit with her between takes, not to talk about the film, but to make her laugh by imitating his own 'Mr. India' dialogues.
• Anil Kapoor said about Kangana after 'Shootout at Wadala': 'She doesn't act. She becomes the character. I had to up my game because she was so real in every take.'
• The item number 'Aala Re Aala' from 'Shootout at Wadala' (2013) — where Kangana dances with Anil Kapoor — became a template for the 'gangster-meets-cabaret' song trend in Bollywood. At least three similar songs in 2014-15 directly copied its lighting and choreography style.