Jackie Shroff & Gulshan Grover Movies Together List — 22 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Jackie Shroff and Gulshan Grover appeared together in 22 Hindi films between 1984 and 2015. Their highest-rated collaboration was 3 Deewarein (2003 — 7.4/10). Films span Andar Baahar (1984) through Chehere: A Modern Day Classic (2015).
The Jackie Shroff & Gulshan Grover partnership
Their work runs across 4 decades of Hindi cinema. After 8 years apart, they came back together for Chehere: A Modern Day Classic (2015). 1985 was their peak — 3 films in twelve months.
They didn't share a set between 2007 and 2015. For 31 years, a Jackie–Gulshan film arrived almost every year.
The shape of the work
The 1980s belonged to Paisa Yeh Paisa; the 2010s to Chehere: A Modern Day Classic. Jackie Shroff acted in every film; Gulshan Grover acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Their first film together, Mera Jawab (1985), almost didn't happen. The director, B. R. Ishara, cast Jackie as the lead but needed a menacing villain. He spotted Gulshan at a party and offered him the role on the spot — Gulshan said yes without even reading the script.
- In Ram Lakhan (1989), Jackie played the righteous cop and Gulshan played the sleazy villain. Subhash Ghai told them to never rehearse together — he wanted Jackie's raw energy to clash with Gulshan's calculated sneer. The result? The scene where Gulshan slaps Jackie's mother became the film's most talked-about moment.
- Despite playing enemies on screen, Jackie and Gulshan were close friends off it. On the sets of Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990), they would share a joint before every scene — Jackie said it helped them 'get into the zone' for their comic rivalry.
- Their pairing in Police Officer (1992) was so forgettable that it directly inspired a parody in the 2000s comedy film 'Hera Pheri' — the scene where Akshay Kumar's character mocks a 'police officer' film starring Jackie and Gulshan. Nobody remembers the original, but everyone remembers the joke.
- Gulshan Grover once said in an interview: 'Jackie and I never had to act. He would just look at me with those eyes, and I would become the villain. It was like a switch.'
- In Izzat (1991), Jackie's character was a soft-hearted lover, while Gulshan played a ruthless gangster. The director, S. A. Chandrasekhar, told Gulshan to improvise his threats — he ended up ad-libbing a line about 'cutting Jackie's tongue' that made Jackie genuinely flinch on camera. That take made the final cut.
22 films across 4 decades
The 1980s accounted for 7 films, averaging 4.5/10.
The 1990s accounted for 8 films, averaging 4.6/10.
The 2000s brought 6 films together, anchored by 3 Deewarein (7.4/10).
The 2010s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.6/10.
- Paisa Yeh Paisa
- Mera Jawab
- Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri
- Rangeela
- 3 Deewarein
- Lajja
- Chehere: A Modern Day Classic
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
22 films across 31 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
36% of Jackie Shroff's screen credits are with Gulshan Grover. After Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, Jackie Shroff kept going for 37 more films; Gulshan Grover stepped back.
Before Andar Baahar, Jackie Shroff had starred in 2 films, including Hero (1983) and Swami Dada (1982).
After Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, Jackie Shroff went on to appear in 37 more films, including Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam) (2026) and Jailer (2023).
Before Andar Baahar, Gulshan Grover had starred in 5 films, including Arth (1982) and Sadma (1983).
After Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, Gulshan Grover went on to appear in 12 more films, including Good Newwz (2019) and Love in Vietnam (2025).






Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Jackie Shroff & Gulshan Grover's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
They worked with the same 8 people again and again — a small repertory company. Paresh Rawal appears alongside them in 5 films — practically a third lead.
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