Shahrukh Khan & Dimple Kapadia Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Dil Aashna Hai; the 2020s to Pathaan. Shahrukh Khan acted in every film; Dimple Kapadia acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• In Dil Aashna Hai (1992), Shah Rukh Khan was a total unknown — just two films old. Dimple Kapadia was already a legend. She personally pushed the director to cast him, saying the boy had 'something rare.' That film was SRK's first with a major female star.
• On the set of Luck by Chance (2009), Dimple played a faded star mother. She told SRK she'd only do the role if he played her son — because she wanted to 'pass the torch' on screen. He agreed instantly. The scene where she slaps him? That was her idea, and she actually connected.
• Between Dil Aashna Hai and Luck by Chance — a gap of 17 years — they never lost touch. Dimple would call SRK at 2 AM just to chat. He once said she's the only co-star who has his personal number and uses it like a sister.
• "She's the only person who can make me nervous. I've done 50 films, but when Dimpleji walks on set, I forget my lines." — Shah Rukh Khan, on the sets of Pathaan (2023), to a journalist.
• Pathaan (2023) was the first time a Yash Raj spy film paired a 57-year-old actress as the female lead opposite a 57-year-old male star — and it made over 1050 crores. That box office number directly led to more age-appropriate casting conversations in Bollywood. Dimple's casting was SRK's insistence.