Hema Malini & Raaj Kumar Movies Together List — 5 Films

The shape of the work

Hema Malini acted in every film; Raaj Kumar acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• For Kudrat (1981), director Chetan Anand cast Raaj Kumar first, then specifically requested Hema Malini to play the double role. She agreed only after hearing the full script — a rare move for a star of her stature at the time.
• In Kudrat, Raaj Kumar's famously slow, deliberate dialogue delivery forced Hema Malini to adjust her own rhythm. She later said she had to 'wait for his pauses to land' before reacting — making their scenes together feel tense and unpredictable.
• On the sets of Ek Nai Paheli (1984), Raaj Kumar would often recite Urdu poetry to Hema Malini between shots. She later recalled he never broke character — even during lunch breaks, he stayed in his 'mysterious philosopher' mode around her.
• Hema Malini once said about Raaj Kumar: 'He didn't act with you — he acted at you. You had to fight back with your eyes, or he'd eat up the whole scene.' She meant it as a compliment.
• The song 'Pehli Baar Mile Hain' from Ek Nai Paheli was later sampled by a 2000s indie band for a college festival anthem — a rare instance of a forgotten Hema-Raaj duet finding a second life with Gen Z listeners.