Jackie Shroff & Anupam Kher Movies Together List — 24 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jackie Shroff and Anupam Kher appeared together in 24 Hindi films between 1985 and 2026. Their highest-rated collaboration was Chalk And Duster (2016 — 6.7/10). Films span Jaanoo (1985) through The Great Grand Superhero (2026).
The Jackie Shroff & Anupam Kher partnership
Their work runs across 5 decades of Hindi cinema. They saved their best for last — Chalk And Duster (6.7/10) came 31 years in. After 9 years apart, they came back together for Tanvi the Great (2025).
1989 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months. They didn't share a set between 2016 and 2025.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Karma; the 2020s to Tanvi the Great. Jackie Shroff acted in every film; Anupam Kher acted in all of them.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Aagman (1982), was a small-budget film that barely anyone remembers. But it was on that set that Anupam Kher, then a struggling newcomer, first met Jackie Shroff — and Jackie, already a rising star, quietly helped Anupam rehearse his lines before every take.
- In Parinda (1989), Jackie played the volatile, loyal brother while Anupam played the cold, calculating villain. The tension between them wasn't just scripted — Jackie would deliberately stay in character between takes, refusing to even look at Anupam, which made their confrontation scenes crackle with real hostility.
- Anupam Kher has said that Jackie Shroff was the first co-star who ever invited him home for dinner after a shoot. That meal at Jackie's place in the late '80s turned into a lifelong friendship — they still call each other 'bhai' off-screen.
- Anupam Kher once said in an interview: 'Jackie and I never had a single fight on set. Not one. Even when we played enemies, we'd laugh between shots. He's the only actor I've done 15 films with and never once felt competitive.'
- Their 1989 blockbuster Ram Lakhan was the film that cemented the 'hero vs. villain' template for a whole generation of Bollywood masala movies. Jackie's loud, righteous hero and Anupam's slimy, scheming antagonist became the blueprint copied by dozens of films in the 1990s.
- In 1942: A Love Story (1994), Jackie played a freedom fighter and Anupam played a British loyalist. Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra revealed that Jackie kept improvising his lines to make his character more vulnerable, while Anupam would counter by making his villain more coldly logical — they pushed each other to find new layers in every scene.
24 films across 5 decades
The 1980s accounted for 8 films, averaging 5.1/10.
The 1990s accounted for 6 films, averaging 4.8/10.
The 2000s accounted for 2 films, averaging 4.9/10.
The 2010s accounted for 6 films, averaging 5.6/10.
The 2020s accounted for 2 films, averaging 6.5/10.
- Karma
- Falak
- 1942: A Love Story
- Jeene Do
- Apna Sapna Money Money
- Refugee
- Chalk And Duster
- Happy New Year
- Tanvi the Great
- The Great Grand Superhero
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
24 films across 41 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 2 languages, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
89% of Jackie Shroff's screen credits are with Anupam Kher.
Before Jaanoo, Jackie Shroff had starred in 3 films, including Hero (1983) and Swami Dada (1982).
Before Jaanoo, Anupam Kher had starred in 3 films, including Saaransh (1984) and Utsav (1984).













Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jackie Shroff & Anupam Kher's professional partnership
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