Shahrukh Khan & Sanjay Kapoor Movies Together List — 3 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-05 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Shahrukh Khan and Sanjay Kapoor appeared together in 3 Hindi films between 2002 and 2009. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003 — 7.9/10). Films span Shakti - The Power (2002) through Luck by Chance (2009).
The Shahrukh Khan & Sanjay Kapoor partnership
From Shakti - The Power (2002) to Luck by Chance (2009). Kal Ho Naa Ho is the one most viewers reach for. It started with Shakti - The Power (2002).
The shape of the work
Shahrukh Khan acted in every film; Sanjay Kapoor acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Shah Rukh Khan personally recommended Sanjay Kapoor for the role of his brother in Shakti – The Power. Sanjay was struggling for a comeback, and SRK told the director that casting him would add real emotional weight.
- In Kal Ho Naa Ho, Shah Rukh deliberately slowed down his usual fast-paced dialogue delivery in scenes with Sanjay. He told Sanjay on set that their characters needed to feel like real brothers — one loud, one quiet — so he let Sanjay set the emotional rhythm of their scenes together.
- During the shoot of Luck by Chance, Sanjay Kapoor was nervous about playing a washed-up actor. Shah Rukh took him aside and said, 'Just think of me in the 90s — I was that desperate too.' They laughed about it, and Sanjay later said that one line broke his anxiety.
- Sanjay Kapoor once said in an interview: 'Shah Rukh didn't have to cast me in Shakti. He did it because he remembered I was a good actor who got lost. That's the kind of friend he is.'
- Their pairing in Shakti – The Power directly led to Sanjay Kapoor being cast in the 2003 hit Qayamat: City Under Threat. The film's producer saw their brotherly chemistry and offered Sanjay a similar role — giving him a second wind in his career.
3 films across 1 decade
- Kal Ho Naa Ho
- Luck by Chance
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
3 films across 7 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
By the time of Shakti - The Power, both already had careers — Shahrukh Khan with 39 films, Sanjay Kapoor with 11.
Before Shakti - The Power, Shahrukh Khan had starred in 39 films, including Hey Ram (2000) and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992).
After Luck by Chance, Shahrukh Khan went on to appear in 24 more films, including My Name Is Khan (2010) and Fan (2016).
Before Shakti - The Power, Sanjay Kapoor had starred in 11 films, including Sirf Tum (1999) and Mere Sapno Ki Rani (1997).
After Luck by Chance, Sanjay Kapoor went on to appear in 16 more films, including Mission Mangal (2019) and Merry Christmas (2024).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Shahrukh Khan & Sanjay Kapoor's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
People who worked on Shahrukh Khan & Sanjay Kapoor's films together
