Hema Malini & Tom Alter Movies Together List — 4 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-06-04 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Hema Malini and Tom Alter appeared together in 4 Hindi films between 1981 and 1991. Their highest-rated collaboration was Kranti (1981 — 7.3/10). Films span Kranti (1981) through Deshwasi (1991).
The Hema Malini & Tom Alter partnership
From Kranti (1981) to Deshwasi (1991). The unfolded closed with Deshwasi in 1991. Kranti is the one most viewers reach for.
It started with Kranti (1981).
The shape of the work
The 1980s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Kranti; the 1990s to Deshwasi. Hema Malini acted in every film; Tom Alter acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- In Kranti (1981), Hema Malini and Tom Alter barely shared screen time — she played a revolutionary, he played a British officer. Their only real interaction was a tense confrontation scene where she had to spit on him. Alter later joked that Hema was so polite off-camera, she apologized before every take.
- In Kudrat (1981), Tom Alter played a ghost — and Hema Malini played the woman who sees him. Alter had to stand completely still for long stretches while Hema did all the reacting. He later said she made him feel like he was actually haunting her, because her fear looked so real.
- Tom Alter was a trained theatre actor from Yale and spoke fluent Hindi. On the sets of Kranti, he and Hema would often break into Urdu poetry between shots. She later recalled that he was the only white actor on set who could crack jokes in perfect Awadhi.
- Deshwasi (1991) was their third and final film together — and it bombed so badly that neither of them worked together again. The film's failure effectively ended the brief trend of casting Tom Alter as a romantic lead opposite top heroines.
- Tom Alter once said in an interview: 'Hema ji treated me like a co-star, not a foreigner. She never made me feel like the odd one out. That’s rare in this industry.'
4 films across 2 decades
The 1980s brought 3 films together, anchored by Kranti (7.3/10).
The 1990s accounted for 1 film, averaging 3.7/10.
- Kranti
- Kudrat
- Deshwasi
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
4 films across 10 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
Before Kranti, Hema Malini had starred in 10 films, including Cinema Cinema (1979) and Meera (1979).
After Deshwasi, Hema Malini went on to appear in 23 more films, including Veer-Zaara (2004) and Gautamiputra Satakarni (2017).
Kranti was Tom Alter's acting debut.
After Deshwasi, Tom Alter went on to appear in 21 more films, including Bheja Fry (2007) and Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Hema Malini & Tom Alter's professional partnership
Actors and musicians who worked on most of their films
Manoj Kumar is the through-line — cast on 2 of their 4 films.
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